Dark Charizard - Pokemon Team Rocket #21
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Dark Charizard Card Facts & History
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Card History
Dark Charizard is one of Team Rocket’s headline chase cards because the set gave Charizard a villainous twist as a Dark Pokémon, a mechanic this expansion introduced to show Pokémon warped by harsher, more aggressive training.
Set Lore
This non-holo Dark Charizard is card #21/82 from Team Rocket, the fifth main English Pokémon TCG expansion, released on April 24, 2000, making it a true WotC-era Charizard tied to one of the hobby’s most beloved early-theme sets.
Artist
The artwork is credited to Ken Sugimori, Game Freak’s original Pokémon art director and one of the defining visual architects of the franchise, which gives this card extra historical weight for collectors who love early Pokémon design lineage.
Card History
Unlike many vintage rares that simply hit hard once, Dark Charizard’s Continuous Fireball could scale explosively by flipping coins for each attached Fire Energy, perfectly matching the card’s chaotic 'possessed' flavor text.
In-Game
Dark Charizard’s flavor text about spewing fire 'like a volcano' feels like a corrupted echo of Charizard’s original game-era reputation for fire hot enough to melt boulders, turning a fan-favorite powerhouse into something far more menacing.