No. 4 · Kanto · Fire
Charmandercards
Charmander is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 4 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 46
- Sets
- 37
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 31
- Sightings
- 4
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The strongest Charmander art
01/06Charmander
Illustration rare
02/06Charmander
Promo
MEP Black Star Promos03/06Charmander
Promo
04/06Charmander
Common
05/06Charmander
Common
06/06Charmander
Promo
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Which is the better picture?
Two Charmander cards, side by side.
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Charmander by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Charmander cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Charmander gets drawn
Charmander is usually drawn playful, adventurous and cute, often breathing fire.
Across 37 Charmander artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Charmander through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Dragon
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 EX trainer Kit 2 (Minun)
2007 POP Series 5
2008 Stormfront
2009 Arceus
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 Legendary Treasures
2016 Evolutions
2017 Burning Shadows
2018 Dragon Majesty
2019 Hidden Fates Shiny Vault
2020 Vivid Voltage
2021 McDonald's Collection 2021
2022 Pokémon GO- 2023 151
2024 Paldean Fates- 2025 MEP Black Star Promos
- 2026 Ascended Heroes
Evolves into
- Charmanderthis page · 46 cards
Charmeleon36 cards
Charmander sightingsspotted in 4 other cards
Cards where Charmander turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Charmander card
46 cards, strongest artwork first.
Charmander in numbers
- Cards
- 46
- Sets
- 37since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 31most by Mitsuhiro Arita
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 4in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–80
They span 37 sets, from Base Set to Ascended Heroes. 31 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Kagemaru Himeno and Ken Sugimori.
Who draws Charmander
31 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
37 sets, by how many Charmander cards each holds.
FireRed & LeafGreen3- 1512
Crystal Guardians2
Expedition Base Set2
Paldean Fates2- SVP Black Star Promos2
SWSH Black Star Promos2
Team Up2
Arceus1- Ascended Heroes1
Base Set1
Base Set 21
25 more sets
Boundaries Crossed1
Burning Shadows1
Detective Pikachu1
Dragon1
Dragon Majesty1
EX trainer Kit 2 (Minun)1
Evolutions1
Generations1
Gym Challenge1
Gym Heroes1
Hidden Fates1
Hidden Fates Shiny Vault1
Legendary Collection1
Legendary Treasures1- MEP Black Star PromosMEP Black Star Promos1
- McDonald's Collection 2021McDonald's Collection 20211
Obsidian Flames1- POP Series 5POP Series 51
Phantasmal Flames1
Pokémon GO1
Power Keepers1
Secret Wonders1
Stormfront1
Team Rocket1
Vivid Voltage1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Charmander cards are there?
- There are 46 Charmander cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 37 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Charmander card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Charmander art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Charmander cards?
- 31 illustrators have drawn Charmander. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 8, followed by Kagemaru Himeno and Ken Sugimori.
- What was the first Charmander card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 33 of its 46 cards are Common.
