Lt. Surge's Spearow 83/132 · 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 Spearow is 83/132, in position 83 of 132 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Lt. Surge's Rattata, and after it is 84 Lt. Surge's Voltorb. The listed rarity is Common.

Lt. Surge's Spearow is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 17. In the Pokédex this is Spearow (#021), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Fearow, Fearow (#022) under evolves to.

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Spearow (#021) 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 Spearow 62/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Spearow, while this one is Lt. Surge's Spearow. Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Spearow list a different HP.

The attack Whirlwind 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.) Razor Wind is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. 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. Spearow can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Atsuko Nishida cards, early series, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Lt. Surge and his Pokémon. I still need this card.