Machop

Machop on cards: Base Set, Team Rocket and Giovanni's Machop

Machop's first card is Base Set #52 from 1999, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, whose art returned in Base Set 2 and whose later Evolutions card makes three Arita Machop credits. Ken Sugimori drew four, the most of any artist in our catalog, including Team Rocket's Machop, its Legendary Collection reprint and Gym Challenge's Giovanni's Machop, one of the Team Rocket boss's Pokémon in that set.

Machop's long Common run, from Neo Destiny to 151

From there Machop has been a Common in nearly every era: Neo Destiny, then Expedition Base Set and Skyridge in the e-Card years, Hidden Legends and Power Keepers in the EX era, Furious Fists in XY, and 151 in Scarlet & Violet, which gave it new art by Ryuta Fuse. The only printings that are not Commons are two promotional cards with no rarity mark (a DP Trainer Kit and McDonald's Collection 2018), so no Machop sits above Common in our catalog.

Cards to know

• Machop (Base Set #52)

  Machop's first card, a 1999 Common illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

• Giovanni's Machop (Gym Challenge #72)

  Giovanni's version from Gym Challenge, drawn by Ken Sugimori.

• Machop (Team Rocket #59)

  Team Rocket's Machop by Ken Sugimori, reprinted in Legendary Collection.

• Machop (151 #066)

  The Scarlet & Violet era's 151 set version, illustrated by Ryuta Fuse.