Misty's Seel 88/132 · Gym Heroes

Seel is Pokédex #086, generation 1 (Kanto). Misty's Seel is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 20. The card lists Dewgong, Dewgong (#087) under evolves to.

Misty's Seel sits at 88/132 in Gym Heroes, position 88 of 132. Before it is 87 Misty's Poliwag, and after it is 89 Misty's Shellder. 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 Aurora Beam lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Seel (#086) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Seel 41/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Seel, while this one is Misty's Seel. Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Seel 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. Seel 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 Misty and her Pokémon. I still need this card.