Arcanine 1/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Arcanine is 1/123, in position 1 of 124 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Azumarill. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Arcanine is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 110 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).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

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 lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 40 other cards of Arcanine list a different HP.

The attack Sharp Fang lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Fire Mane is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This legendary Chinese Pokémon is considered magnificent. Many people are enchanted by its grand mane."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. 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 Card number 1. I still need this card.