Growlithe 65/123 · 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. Growlithe is 65/123, in position 65 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Girafarig, and after it is 66 Hoothoot. The listed rarity is Common.

Growlithe is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Growlithe (#058), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Arcanine, Arcanine (#059) under evolves to.

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

Growlithe (#058) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 33 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 lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 32 other cards of Growlithe list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Combustion is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has a brave and trustworthy nature. It fearlessly stands up to bigger and stronger foes."

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. Growlithe can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.