Machop Pokémon Cards: Best Artwork, Key Releases, and Binder Ideas
Your complete Machop Pokémon card guide: standout artwork, key sets, ability highlights, and binder strategy for every collector.
2024-02-16
Popularity Rank: #663
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #755
2019 survey: #404
#663 / 1025
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Machop
Superpower Pokémon
Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
Pokédex details
Height
0.8 m
Weight
19.5 kg
Base EXP
0
Capture rate
180 / 255
Generation
Gen I
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium Slow
Color
Gray
Habitat
Mountain
Shape
Upright
Egg groups
Humanshape
What makes Machop so likeable
The elevator pitch for Machop: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Machop feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- A staple in our 🥊 Fighting Spirit crowd — Machop is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
- Machop has that "favourite since childhood" energy — you don't need lore to explain the appeal.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Machop from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Celestial Guardians
One Shiny
Shining Revelry
One Diamond
Genetic Apex
One Diamond
151
Common
Lost Origin
Common
Champion's Path
Common
McDonald's Collection 2018
None
Guardians Rising
Common
Guardians Rising
Common
Evolutions
Common
Generations
Common
Showing 12 of 31 loaded cards · card data from TCGdex with pokemontcg.io as backup · images via Scrydex when needed
Laying out a Machop page that photographs well
A workable spread formula for Machop — scene print, anchor card, supporting cast — without overthinking supplies.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Machop #86 (Lost Origin) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Machop an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Machop #62 (Guardians Rising) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Machop binder page.
Machop #52 (Base Set) is a fun addition for collectors — affordable and perfect for filling out a Machop page.
Machop #78 (Base Set 2) is a solid binder pick — easy to find and always looks great in a spread.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Machop mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Machop chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Lost Origin
Common
Guardians Rising
Common
Base Set
Common
Base Set 2
Common
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Celestial Guardians
One Shiny
Shining Revelry
One Diamond
Right page
Genetic Apex
One Diamond
151
Common
Champion's Path
Common
McDonald's Collection 2018
None
Guardians Rising
Common
Evolutions
Common
Generations
Common
Start with a background that echoes Machop's fighting, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Machop
Illustration by artofpkm.com
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Machop
Scene wallpaper — Machop
Illustration by x.com
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Machop
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Photograph the Machop page under warm side light once and cool once — you'll quickly see which copy deserves the top-left anchor slot.
- National Dex #066 is a quiet flex on dividers or handwritten indices — collectors who sort by number will thank you.
- Label one pocket "海外" / overseas and one domestic — pairing Machop (ワンリキー) with English prints reads like a travel diary spread.
- Fighting typings give artists a built-in palette — when two Machop cards clash, it's usually because lighting diverged, not because the species lacks identity.
Machop on the tabletop
Optional competitive context for Machop. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Machop — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
70
Attack
80
Defense
50
Sp. Atk
35
Sp. Def
35
Speed
35
Total: 305
Players file Machop around tier "Past" while Ability Guts (Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Mono-fighting Machop spreads live on lighting variation: same palette, different contrast.
- Hidden Ability Steadfast is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Machop — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Machop, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
Machop shows up in Leafgreen lore as loves to build its muscles.. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
Canon tags Machop as the Superpower Pokémon, a creature of mountain habitats, and known for gray colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
In the games, Machop → Machoke → Machamp make up this evolution family — a natural arc to echo when you curate cards or binder spreads.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Machollo
Spanish
Machop
French
Machoc
Italian
Machop
Japanese
ワンリキー
Japanese (Romaji)
Wanriky
Korean
알통몬
Chinese (Simplified)
腕力
Chinese (Traditional)
腕力
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