Erika's Dratini (Gym Heroes 42)

Erika's Dratini LV.14
エリカのミニリュウ Erika's Miniryu

Gym Heroes print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

40

weakness None	resistance -30	retreat cost

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

Japanese Theme Deck	Tamamushi City Gym

English expansion	Gym Heroes
Rarity
English card no.	42/132
Japanese expansion	Leaders' Stadium
Japanese rarity

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Dratini.

Erika's Dratini (Japanese: エリカのミニリュウ Erika's Miniryu) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Gym Heroes expansion.

Card text

Pokémon Power:

Strange Barrier
ふしぎなバリアー

Whenever an attack by a Basic Pokémon (including your own) does 20 or more damage to Erika's Dratini (after applying Weakness and Resistance), reduce that damage to 10. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) This power stops working while Erika's Dratini is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

	Tail Strike しっぽでつく	10+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 10 damage.

Pokédex data

Dratini - Dragon Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
147	5'11" (1.8 m)	7 lbs. (3.3 kg)

Release information

In Japan, this card was released as a promotional card with artwork by Atsuko Nishida in the August 1998 CoroCoro Comic, along with Lt. Surge's Electabuzz. It was reprinted in the Japanese Tamamushi City Gym Theme Deck with artwork by Ken Sugimori. This print was released in English in the Gym Heroes expansion, previously released in the Leaders' Stadium expansion in Japan.

Gallery

Gym Heroes print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Promotional print
Illus. Atsuko Nishida

Trivia

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.