It first appeared in 'Pokmon Gold and Silver', where it is perched atop the Bell Tower in Ecruteak City
Therefore, it is quick and practical to put them on the field and use them for their Primal Turbo ability, where they can attach up to 2 special energies from your deck to one of your Pokmon, charging Lugia with the Powerful Colorless Energy DAA 176, where the Colorless Pokmon it is equipped to deals 20 more damage
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To do this creatures have a power and a toughness that is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the card
Given that it has the ability Flare Veil, which prevents the effects of all Attacks to Charmeleon (except damage), along with the two Fire Energy attack Combustion (which deals 50 HP damage), its a pretty useful step to have from Charmander to Charizard ex
These region-specific releases carry natural scarcity advantages