Meowth 56/64 · Jungle

Meowth is Pokédex #052, generation 1 (Kanto). Meowth is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 15. The card lists Persian, Persian (#053) under evolves to.

Meowth sits at 56/64 in Jungle, position 56 of 64. Before it is 55 Mankey, and after it is 57 Nidoran ♀. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on June 16, 1999. The printed size is 64, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Pay Day lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, draw a card. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Adores circular objects. Wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change."

Meowth (#052) has 65 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 52 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Meowth 10/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 53 other cards of Meowth list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Jungle set binder is where a full Jungle set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Meowth can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.