Blaine's Growlithe 62/132 · Gym Heroes

Growlithe is Pokédex #058, generation 1 (Kanto). Blaine's Growlithe is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 15. The card lists Arcanine, Arcanine (#059) under evolves to.

Blaine's Growlithe sits at 62/132 in Gym Heroes, position 62 of 132. Before it is 61 Blaine's Charmander, and after it is 63 Blaine's Ponyta. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on August 14, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Blaze lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. Does 10 damage to each Grass Pokémon on your opponent's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Growlithe (#058) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 34 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Growlithe 28/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Growlithe, while this one is Blaine's Growlithe. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Growlithe list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Heroes set binder is where a full Gym Heroes set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Growlithe can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Atsuko Nishida cards, early series, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Blaine and his Pokémon. I still need this card.