Arcanine 3/144 · Skyridge

Skyridge is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Arcanine is 3/144, in position 3 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Alakazam, and after it is 4 Articuno. The listed rarity is Rare.

Arcanine is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Arcanine (#059), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Growlithe. In this catalog that name is Growlithe (#058).

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

Arcanine (#059) has 41 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 35 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Arcanine 23/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 38 other cards of Arcanine list a different HP.

Energy Recharge is listed as Poké-Power. When you play Arcanine from your hand to evolve your Active Pokémon, you may flip 3 coins. For each heads, choose a basic Energy card from your discard pile and attach it to Arcanine. The attack Shake lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any. White Flames is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Arcanine. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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