Blaine's Arcanine 1/132 · Gym Challenge

Arcanine is Pokédex #059, generation 1 (Kanto). Blaine's Arcanine is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 42. The card says it evolves from Blaine's Growlithe. In this catalog that name is Growlithe (#058).

Blaine's Arcanine sits at 1/132 in Gym Challenge, position 1 of 132. The next card is 2 Blaine's Charizard. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on October 16, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Heat Tackle lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Blaine's Arcanine does 10 damage to itself. Firestorm is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire. Discard 3 Fire Energy cards attached to Blaine's Arcanine in order to use this attack. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

Arcanine (#059) has 41 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 Arcanine 23/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Arcanine, while this one is Blaine's Arcanine. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. 36 other cards of Arcanine list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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