Pokémon · Base
Machop
Base Set · #52 · Common · 1999
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$0.63
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 52 / 102
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Machoke
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 66
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Machop plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Machop
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Machop?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger."
FLow Kick — 20
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.09 | $0.46 | $19.02 | $0.63 | $0.75 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.82 |
| 7-day average | €1.96 |
| 30-day average | €0.83 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.55 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.03 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.84 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.03 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.84 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Machop is real?
Machop is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Machop worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Machop is $0.63; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Machop from?
Machop is from the Pokémon set "Base Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Machop?
Machop is a Common card in the Base Set set.
Other Machop printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
