>>46693395Charizard has always been shilled.
Gen 1 - mascot of Red
Gen 2 - Featured in intro. Used by Red and Lance
Gen 3 - mascot of FireRed
Gen 4 - HGSS
Gen 5 - Charizard Bridge
Gen 6 - Megazards
Gen 7 - Charizard Ride
Gen 8 - Gigantamax Charizard and Leon
You can tell that Charizard is popular because of those Base Set shadowless first edition cards that are dozens of times more valuable than the Blastoise and Venusaur from the same set, despite Charizard being shittier than them in the actual game.