Fearow 45/165 · Expedition Base Set

Expedition Base Set is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. Fearow is 45/165, in position 45 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Dugtrio, and after it is 46 Feraligatr. The listed rarity is Rare.

Fearow is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Fearow (#022), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Spearow. In this catalog that name is Spearow (#021).

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Fearow (#022) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Fearow 36/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Fearow list a different HP.

The attack Clutch lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Supersonic Flight is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30.

I keep a set binder for Expedition Base Set, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Expedition Base Set set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Fearow can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.