Meowth (Wizards Promo 10)

Meowth LV.13
ニャース Nyarth
Colorless
MeowthWizardsPromo10.jpg
Illus. Kagemaru Himeno
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Meowth
Type Colorless
HP 50
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Psychic-30
retreat cost
 
English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 10
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
TCG GB1 set Colosseum (Common)
TCG GB1 ID A35
TCG GB2 set We Are Team Rocket (Common)
TCG GB2 ID G42
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Meowth.

Meowth (Japanese: ニャース Nyarth) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It first appeared as a card exclusive to Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color, but was later released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

Card text

Physical print

   Cat Punch [create category]
ねこパンチ
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage. If tails and if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and this attack does 20 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)


Pokédex data (Physical print)

Meowth - Scratch Cat Pokémon
No. Height Weight
052 1'04" (0.4 m) 9.0 lbs. (4.2 kg)
Pokédex entry
Adores circular objects. Wanders the street on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
丸いものが大好き。夜な夜な出かけては落ちているコインを拾い集めて帰ってくる。


In-game print

   Cat Punch [create category]
ねこパンチ
Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon chosen at random. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.)


Pokédex data (In-game print)

Meowth - Scratch Cat Pokémon
No. Height Weight
052 1' 04" (0.4 m) 9.0 lbs. (4.2 kg)
Pokédex entry
Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things, so it can't stop from picking them up.
よなよな出かけては落ちているコインを拾い集めて帰ってくる。


Release information

This card was initially created for Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color. In Japan, a physical print was later made available as an insert with the February 1999 issue of CoroCoro Comic. It has a "GB" symbol in the bottom right corner of the artwork to indicate it was created exclusively for the game. The English version of the card was included with Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cat Punch's effect on this print was slightly altered, as it was considered too vague; however, the effect wasn't changed within the game. The HP on this print is slightly farther left than normal. A Non Holofoil version of the English print was released in Japan as part of a pre-paid pass pack made available during the Pokémon Stamp Rally 2000, held in August 2000.

Trivia

Meowth's level on the physical card is listed as LV. 13 although it is LV. 14 in the game.

Origin

This card's physical Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue. The in-game English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, while the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Blue; both are slightly reworded.


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