Meowth 121/165 · Expedition Base Set

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

Meowth sits at 121/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 121 of 165. Before it is 120 Marill, and after it is 122 Oddish. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Double Scratch lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Pay Day is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, draw a card. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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 56/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 53 other cards of Meowth list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hironobu Yoshida. I count 38 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Expedition Base Set set binder is where a full Expedition Base Set 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). I still need this card.