Giovanni's Meowth 74/132 · Gym Challenge

Meowth is Pokédex #052, generation 1 (Kanto). Giovanni's Meowth is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 17. The card lists Persian, Persian (#053) under evolves to.

Giovanni's Meowth sits at 74/132 in Gym Challenge, position 74 of 132. Before it is 73 Giovanni's Magikarp, and after it is 75 Giovanni's Nidoran ♀. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on 16 October 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Cat Fleas lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Cat Kick is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Meowth (#052) has 65 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 53 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Meowth 56/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Meowth, while this one is Giovanni's Meowth. Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 53 other cards of Meowth list a different HP.

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

Gym Challenge set binder is where a full Gym Challenge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Meowth 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, Giovanni and his Pokémon, and Meowth, Persian, and Perrserker. I still need this card.