Lt. Surge's Fearow 7/132 · Gym Heroes

Gym Heroes is a set in the Gym series. It was released on 14 August 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. Lt. Surge's Fearow is 7/132, in position 7 of 132 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Lt. Surge's Electabuzz, and after it is 8 Lt. Surge's Magneton. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Lt. Surge's Fearow is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 30. In the Pokédex this is Fearow (#022), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Lt. Surge's Spearow. In this catalog that name is Spearow (#021).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Fearow (#022) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Fearow 36/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Fearow, while this one is Lt. Surge's Fearow. Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Fearow list a different HP.

The attack Repeating Drill lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 5 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Clutch is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30.

I keep a set binder for Gym Heroes, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Gym Heroes set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Fearow 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 Lt. Surge and his Pokémon. I still need this card.