Arcanine BS 23/102

Name: Arcanine BS 23/102
Brand: Pokémon

BSUncommon

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Seller location

Arcanine has appeared in several sets: Base Set (BS 23), Base Set 2 (B2 33) and Legendary Collection (LC 36). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 100
Type: Fire
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 23/102
Set: Base SetBSSet guide
Illustrated by: Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Flamethrower

Discard 1 Energy card attached to Arcanine in order to use this attack.

Take Down

Arcanine does 30 damage to itself.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
100 HP. Only 2 cards in Base Set carry more.
A strength
Flamethrower hits for 50 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Base Set hits harder for that price.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,076 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,076 tournament lists we have read, 3,297 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Arcanine BS 23/102Base SetUncommonThe one you are looking atUncommon
Arcanine B2 33/130Base Set 2UncommonUncommon
Arcanine LC 36/110Legendary CollectionUncommonUncommon

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 42 Arcanine cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Arcanine cards

Arcanine BS 23/102

The market for this printing

When it came out