Blaine's Tauros 64/132 · Gym Heroes

Tauros is Pokédex #128, generation 1 (Kanto). Blaine's Tauros is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 34.

Blaine's Tauros sits at 64/132 in Gym Heroes, position 64 of 132. Before it is 63 Blaine's Ponyta, and after it is 65 Blaine's Vulpix. 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 Common.

The attack 3-Pronged Tail lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Full Speed Charge is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads to the Defending Pokémon and 20 damage times the number of tails to Blaine's Tauros. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Tauros (#128) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tauros 47/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Tauros, while this one is Blaine's Tauros. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Tauros 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. Tauros 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.