This card again takes that colossal 5 energy to use its only attack, Wild Blaze - it hits for 300 which is extremely powerful but impractical in practice. A quarter of a century ago rampant Pokemon burst onto our TV's, our games consoles and for many of us our hearts (heh, cute right). The Charizard EX of the Evolutions set used the same artwork as it's predecessor from XY Flashfire (12/106) as well as having the same moveset and HP. I was really unsure about the style of this and the other DP cards to begin with but I realised they were awesome not long later.

add in the added bonus of having to discard 5 cards from your deck after you use it and it's no surprise it didn't see a great deal of play. This special collection also includes an oversize card showcasing Pikachu V-UNION as a single illustration, plus a handful of Pokémon TCG: Celebrations booster packs. It features the same moveset as its GX counterparts from Burning Shadows and is essentially the missing standard full art from the Burning Shadows set.Featuring 25 classic Pokemon TCG cards, 4 Pokemon V and 2 Pokemon VMAX this special set is said to feature "a joyous parade of Legendary, Mythical and other beloved Pokemon including Mew, Ho-Oh, Zamazenta, Flying Pikachu and Surfing Pikachu. Zatu Games holds both the old and new type of packaging so you may receive either, it is unfortunately not possible to request which packaging type you would prefer. PSA Graded Gem Mint 10 versions of this card have been known to fetch some serious money on auction sites etc.

The Japanese version of the Charizard appears to have the same moves and ability as that of it's English counterpart card. From left to right: Skyridge Charizard 146/144, EX Dragon Charizard 100/97, EX Crystal Guardians Charizard 4/100. Like the rest of the Evolutions set, this card is designed to take us back to the Pokemon days of old in the late 90's. In terms of both main artwork and moveset this is a full art recycle of 13/106 however this card has the gold Japanese style lettering and a gold accent on the card which shows it is the secret rare version of the original.Then came the release of the English sets such as Base set and Base Set 2 in which Charizard was no less hotly sought after than his Japanese counterpart card. Interestingly the Shiny Vault version of Charizard features Wing Attack, Crimson Storm and Raging out (deviating from the sets regular art card moveset). Combine all that with an enormous and impressively sculpted commemorative figure of Gigantamax Pikachu, and you have the ultimate Pikachu collection, fully charged up and ready to take on the world! Long before the height of Pokemania in the western hemisphere which really blew up in about 1999 we go back to Japan in 1996 with the release of the Japanese Base set, this my friends is where the story begins. Packs from this expansion are only available in sealed collection boxes, pin boxes, elite trainer boxes and booster boxes and cannot be purchased in booster box format like the main sets.

Not only this but V Pokemon attained the new ability; to go VMAX (become massively bigger versions of their original Pokemon). It features the same attacks as its counterparts from the Flashfire set mentioned above with an alternative artwork. Plus, each set includes four special 4-card booster packs from the Pokémon TCG: Celebrations expansion as well as two additional Pokémon TCG booster packs. Left to right: Charizard 6/108 from EX Power Keepers, Charizard 3/132 from Secret Wonders and Charizard 1/99 from Arceus, the one in the pictured is a deck exclusive shatter holo version of the main set card.Looking rather anime, Charizard 4/100 shows a Delta species Charizard with a rather healthy flame on it's tail.