Erika's Oddish 70/132 · Gym Challenge

Oddish is Pokédex #043, generation 1 (Kanto). Erika's Oddish is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 10. The card lists Gloom, Gloom (#044) under evolves to.

Erika's Oddish sits at 70/132 in Gym Challenge, position 70 of 132. Before it is 69 Erika's Jigglypuff, and after it is 71 Erika's Paras. 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 Common.

The attack Strange Powder lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused; if tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Oddish (#043) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Oddish 58/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Oddish, while this one is Erika's Oddish. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Oddish 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. Oddish 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, and Erika and her Pokémon. I still need this card.