Arcanine 22/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Arcanine is 22/214, in position 22 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 21 Growlithe, and after it is 23 Darumaka. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Arcanine is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 140 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).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 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 140 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 39 other cards of Arcanine list a different HP.

The attack Grand Flame lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire. Attach 2 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Heat Tackle is another attack lists 190 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire. This Pokémon does 50 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Legends tell of its fighting alongside a general and conquering a whole country."

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Arcanine can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.