Growlithe 63/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Growlithe is 63/111, in position 63 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Gliscor E4, and after it is 64 Hippopotas. The listed rarity is Common.

Growlithe is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 26. In the Pokédex this is Growlithe (#058), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Arcanine, Arcanine (#059) under evolves to.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 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 Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 32 other cards of Growlithe list a different HP.

The attack Stoke lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for a Fire Energy card and attach it to Growlithe. Shuffle your deck afterward. Take Down is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Growlithe does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon with a loyal nature. It will remain motionless until it is given an order by its Trainer."

I keep a set binder for Rising Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rising Rivals 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.