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Pokémon Card of the Day: Monday, October 5th, 2026
Arcanine Sandstorm 15/100
Arcanine joins Generation 3 with a decent Stage 1 in Sandstorm. Fire Veil is a very strong Poké-Body that Burns the opponent every single time Arcanine is damaged by an attack. Imagine if this was an Ability in the video games! Although Burned is not as strong in the card game, this is still a fantastic passive effect.
Burn Up is a decent attack as well, dealing a strong 60 damage. Although you have the risk of discarding all of your Fire Energy, you only need one to use Burn Up. I would say that Arcanine’s biggest weakness is that it doesn’t have a lower-cost attack. A third attack is not a lot to ask for in the EX series.
This card has a really nice artwork that helps you appreciate an older Pokémon instead of resulting in another filler card. You can see that older stock artwork was used for Growlithe, as FireRed and LeafGreen hadn’t released yet.