Hitmonchan

Hitmonchan on WOTC cards: Base Set holo and Rocket's Hitmonchan

Hitmonchan's first English card is Base Set #7 (January 1999), one of the set's holo rares, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. That art returned in Base Set 2 and again in Best of Game, the BattleZone tournament promo set, whose print carries an error: 60 HP instead of 70. Sugimori also drew Rocket's Hitmonchan, a holo rare from Gym Heroes (2000), and he is the artist behind more Hitmonchan cards than anyone else, later including Legends Awakened, Platinum and Evolutions.

Neo Destiny and Aquapolis added Common versions with new art from Shin-ichi Yoshida and Tomokazu Komiya before the WOTC era closed.

Hitmonchan on later cards: two EX era ex cards, then steady regulars

The EX era gave Hitmonchan both of its ex cards: Hitmonchan ex in Ruby & Sapphire (2003) and Rocket's Hitmonchan ex in Team Rocket Returns (2004), the latter drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita. Since then it has appeared as a Common, Uncommon or Rare in sets from Unseen Forces and Undaunted to Furious Fists, Generations, Team Up, Sword & Shield and Evolving Skies, along with an HGSS Black Star Promo. Scarlet & Violet's 151 (2023) printed it as an Uncommon illustrated by DOM.

Cards to know

• Hitmonchan (Base Set #7)

  Hitmonchan's first English card, a 1999 Base Set holo rare illustrated by Ken Sugimori.

• Rocket's Hitmonchan (Gym Heroes #11)

  A Gym Heroes holo rare from 2000, one of the Rocket's Pokémon that the Gym sets introduced.

• Hitmonchan (Best of Game #2)

  A BattleZone promo reprint of the Base Set card, printed with 60 HP instead of 70.

• Hitmonchan ex (Ruby & Sapphire #98)

  Hitmonchan's first ex card, from the 2003 EX era set Ruby & Sapphire.

• Rocket's Hitmonchan ex (Team Rocket Returns #98)

  A Rocket's Pokémon ex from 2004, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

• Hitmonchan (151 #107)

  Hitmonchan's card in 151, the 2023 Scarlet & Violet set built around the original Kanto Pokémon.