Sandstorm

Arcanine

SS15· Rare
Arcanine SS 15

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
15/100
Set
SandstormSS
Illustrated by
Hajime Kusajima

Its Ability

Fire Veil

If Arcanine is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Arcanine is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Burned.

Its attacks

Burn Up

60

Flip a coin. If tails, discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Arcanine.

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.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Fire Veil. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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.

When it came out

Sandstorm landed here on 18 September 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

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.

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