Light Machamp

Numbered 25 of 113 in Neo Destiny, released in February 2002, Light Machamp is a Rare, a Stage 2 Fighting-type carrying 100 HP.

It evolves from Light Machoke, so Light Machamp is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.

Illustrated by Miki Tanaka.

Light Machamp carries this Pokédex flavor text: "It uses its four arms in combat to unleash a ceaseless flurry of punches."

The Fighting-type final form of the Machop line. Four arms. Base Set holo Machamp is the only holo card guaranteed to appear in 1st Edition Base Set starter decks (the Bulbasaur preconstructed deck). Its 1st Edition print is dramatically more common than other Base holos in 1st Edition because of this. The Unlimited print population mostly came from booster packs and is much smaller.

Light Machamp is a non-holo Rare. In Neo Destiny, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Light Machamp trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.

Neo Destiny produced 1st Edition, Unlimited, Shining prints. For Light Machamp, the print variant can change the price several times over, so identify it before you buy.

On Light Machamp, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Light Machamp in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.

For Light Machamp, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Light Machamp can make sense.