Blaine's Growlithe 35/132 · Gym Heroes

Growlithe is Pokédex #058, generation 1 (Kanto). Blaine's Growlithe is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 17. The card lists Arcanine, Arcanine (#059) under evolves to.

Blaine's Growlithe sits at 35/132 in Gym Heroes, position 35 of 132. Before it is 34 Sabrina's Venomoth, and after it is 36 Blaine's Kangaskhan. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on 14 August 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Shake lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.) Fire Tackle is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Blaine's Growlithe does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Growlithe (#058) has 38 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 Growlithe 28/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Growlithe, while this one is Blaine's Growlithe. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. 32 other cards of Growlithe list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Heroes set binder is where a full Gym Heroes set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Growlithe 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 Blaine and his Pokémon. I still need this card.