Machamp (Expedition 16)

Machamp (Japanese: カイリキー Kairiky) is a  Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the TCG Sample Set, later released in the English TCG Expedition Base Set.

e-Reader data
This card has three prints. The card ID of the Holofoil print is B-88. The card ID of the standard Non Holofoil print is B-88-#. A Sample version of the Non Holofoil print has the card ID M-88-#. On the Non Holofoil prints, the short strip contains Pokédex information, a brief card summary, and information on the content of the long strip. The species, height, and weight are present on the Holofoil print.

Mini-game
The long strip contains data for the Machop At Work mini-game. Two other cards from TCG Expedition Base Set are also required to play it.

Release information
This card was included in the English TCG Expedition Base Set, first released in the Japanese TCG Base Expansion Pack. In order to promote the e-Reader outside Japan, Nintendo had Media Factory produce the TCG Sample Set, a 10 card collection from the upcoming TCG Expedition Base Set in English used to demonstrate the Dot Code technology at a media pre-launch party at the New York Pokémon Center in August 2002. This card, as well as the other 9, are printed with a Japanese card back, and have Sample in the bottom right corner where the expansion symbol would usually be. Approximately 50 sets were printed for use at the event, and were never intended for distribution. Cards that did not make it into circulation were apparently destroyed.

This card was also made available in the Sample Pack 5 Card Set, bundled with copies of the e-Reader outside Japan.

Origin
is an Ability later introduced in the Generation IV Pokémon games that cannot have; however, the Japanese names are not the same, making this Poké-Power and the Ability unrelated. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from.

Machomei (Expedition 16) カイリキー (e 第1弾)