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Gym Challenge ジム拡張第2弾 闇からの挑戦
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Cards in set	English: 132 Japanese: 121
Set number	English: 7 Japanese: 6
Release Date	English: October 16, 2000 Japanese: June, 1999
Theme Decks	Sabrina () Koga () Blaine () Giovanni ()

Gym Challenge (Japanese: ジム拡張第2弾 闇からの挑戦 Gym Booster 2: Challenge from the Darkness) is the name given to an expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was based on the last four Gym Leaders of the Kanto region during Generation I.

Contents 1 Set size 2 Sequence 3 Release dates 4 Theme decks 4.1 English releases 4.2 Japanese releases 5 Card list 5.1 English expansion 5.2 Japanese expansion 6 Trivia

Set size

• 132 in English release
• 121 in Japanese release (98 available in booster packs and 25 exclusive to theme decks)

Sequence

• 7th English Expansion
• 6th Japanese Expansion

Release dates

• June 1999 - Japanese Expansion
• 16th October 2000 - English Expansion

Theme decks

English releases

• Sabrina
• Koga
• Blaine
• Giovanni

Japanese releases

• Sabrina
• Blaine

It is noteworthy that the Japanese versions featured neither a Koga nor Giovanni Theme Deck. Subsequently, there was no holographic version of the Trainer Card Koga and no non-holographic version of the Trainer Card Giovanni.

Card list

English expansion No. Card Name Type Rarity 1 Blaine's Arcanine H 2 Blaine's Charizard H 3 Brock's Ninetales H 4 Erika's Venusaur H 5 Giovanni's Gyarados H 6 Giovanni's Machamp H 7 Giovanni's Nidoking H 8 Giovanni's Persian H 9 Koga's Beedrill H 10 Koga's Ditto H 11 Lt. Surge's Raichu H 12 Misty's Golduck H 13 Misty's Gyarados H 14 Rocket's Mewtwo H 15 Rocket's Zapdos H 16 Sabrina's Alakazam H 17 Blaine T H 18 Giovanni T H 19 Koga T H 20 Sabrina T H 21 Blaine's Ninetales 22 Brock's Dugtrio 23 Giovanni's Nidoqueen 24 Giovanni's Pinsir 25 Koga's Arbok 26 Koga's Muk 27 Koga's Pidgeotto 28 Lt. Surge's Jolteon 29 Sabrina's Gengar 30 Sabrina's Golduck 31 Blaine's Charmeleon 32 Blaine's Dodrio 33 Blaine's Rapidash 34 Brock's Graveler 35 Brock's Primeape 36 Brock's Sandslash 37 Brock's Vulpix 38 Erika's Bellsprout 39 Erika's Bulbasaur 40 Erika's Clefairy 41 Erika's Ivysaur 42 Giovanni's Machoke 43 Giovanni's Meowth 44 Giovanni's Nidorina 45 Giovanni's Nidorino 46 Koga's Golbat 47 Koga's Kakuna 48 Koga's Koffing 49 Koga's Pidgey 50 Koga's Weezing 51 Lt. Surge's Eevee 52 Lt. Surge's Electrode 53 Lt. Surge's Raticate 54 Misty's Dewgong 55 Sabrina's Haunter 56 Sabrina's Hypno 57 Sabrina's Jynx 58 Sabrina's Kadabra 59 Sabrina's Mr. Mime 60 Blaine's Charmander 61 Blaine's Doduo 62 Blaine's Growlithe 63 Blaine's Mankey 64 Blaine's Ponyta 65 Blaine's Rhyhorn 66 Blaine's Vulpix 67 Brock's Diglett 68 Brock's Geodude 69 Erika's Jigglypuff 70 Erika's Oddish 71 Erika's Paras 72 Giovanni's Machop 73 Giovanni's Magikarp 74 Giovanni's Meowth 75 Giovanni's Nidoran♀ 76 Giovanni's Nidoran♂ 77 Koga's Ekans 78 Koga's Grimer 79 Koga's Koffing 80 Koga's Pidgey 81 Koga's Tangela 82 Koga's Weedle 83 Koga's Zubat 84 Lt. Surge's Pikachu 85 Lt. Surge's Rattata 86 Lt. Surge's Voltorb 87 Misty's Horsea 88 Misty's Magikarp 89 Misty's Poliwag 90 Misty's Psyduck 91 Misty's Seel 92 Misty's Staryu 93 Sabrina's Abra 94 Sabrina's Abra 95 Sabrina's Drowzee 96 Sabrina's Gastly 97 Sabrina's Gastly 98 Sabrina's Porygon 99 Sabrina's Psyduck 100 Blaine T 101 Brock's Protection T 102 Chaos Gym T 103 Erika's Kindness T 104 Giovanni T 105 Giovanni's Last Resort T 106 Koga T 107 Lt. Surge's Secret Plan T 108 Misty's Wish T 109 Resistance Gym T 110 Sabrina T 111 Blaine's Quiz #2 T 112 Blaine's Quiz #3 T 113 Cinnabar City Gym T 114 Fuchsia City Gym T 115 Koga's Ninja Trick T 116 Master Ball T 117 Max Revive T 118 Misty's Tears T 119 Rocket's Minefield Gym T 120 Rocket's Secret Experiment T 121 Sabrina's Psychic Control T 122 Saffron City Gym T 123 Viridian City Gym T 124 Fervor T 125 Transparent Walls T 126 Warp Point T 127 Fighting Energy E -- 128 Fire Energy E -- 129 Grass Energy E -- 130 Lightning Energy E -- 131 Psychic Energy E -- 132 Water Energy E --

Japanese expansion No. Card Name Type Rarity -- Blaine's Arcanine H -- Blaine's Charizard H -- Blaine's Moltres H -- Erika's Venusaur H -- Giovanni's Gyarados H -- Giovanni's Machamp H -- Giovanni's Nidoking H -- Giovanni's Persian H -- Koga's Beedrill H -- Koga's Ditto H -- Lt. Surge's Raichu H -- Rocket's Mewtwo H -- Rocket's Zapdos H -- Sabrina's Alakazam H -- Sabrina's Gengar H -- Sabrina's Golduck H -- Sabrina's Venomoth H -- Brock's Dugtrio -- Blaine's Ninetales -- Giovanni's Nidoqueen -- Giovanni's Pinsir -- Koga's Arbok -- Koga's Muk -- Koga's Pidgeotto -- Misty's Poliwrath -- Rocket's Snorlax -- Blaine's Charmeleon -- Blaine's Dodrio -- -- Blaine's Kangaskhan -- Blaine's Magmar -- Blaine's Rapidash -- Erika's Ivysaur -- Giovanni's Machoke -- Giovanni's Meowth -- Giovanni's Nidorina -- Giovanni's Nidorino -- Koga's Golbat -- Koga's Kakuna -- Koga's Koffing -- Koga's Pidgey -- Koga's Weezing -- Sabrina's Gastly -- Sabrina's Haunter -- Sabrina's Haunter -- -- Sabrina's Hypno -- Sabrina's Jynx -- Sabrina's Jynx -- -- Sabrina's Kadabra -- Sabrina's Slowbro -- Blaine's Charmander -- Blaine's Charmander -- -- Blaine's Doduo -- Blaine's Growlithe -- Blaine's Growlithe -- -- Blaine's Mankey -- Blaine's Ponyta -- Blaine's Ponyta -- -- Blaine's Rhyhorn -- Blaine's Tauros -- Blaine's Vulpix -- Blaine's Vulpix -- -- Giovanni's Machop -- Giovanni's Magikarp -- Giovanni's Meowth -- Giovanni's Nidoran ♀ -- Giovanni's Nidoran ♂ -- Koga's Ekans -- Koga's Grimer -- Koga's Koffing -- Koga's Pidgey -- Koga's Tangela -- Koga's Weedle -- Koga's Zubat -- Sabrina's Abra -- Sabrina's Abra -- -- Sabrina's Abra -- -- Sabrina's Drowzee -- Sabrina's Drowzee -- -- Sabrina's Gastly -- -- Sabrina's Gastly -- -- Sabrina's Mr. Mime -- Sabrina's Mr. Mime -- -- Sabrina's Porygon -- Sabrina's Psyduck -- Sabrina's Slowpoke -- Sabrina's Venonat -- Blaine T H -- Giovanni T H -- Sabrina T H -- Blaine T -- Koga T -- Sabrina T -- Sabrina's ESP T -- Blaine's Last Resort T -- Blaine's Quiz #1 T -- -- Blaine's Quiz #2 T -- -- Blaine's Quiz #3 T -- Cinnabar City Gym T -- Fuchsia City Gym T -- Giovanni's Last Resort T -- Koga's Ninja Trick T -- Master Ball T -- -- Max Revive T -- -- Minion of Team Rocket T -- Rocket's Minefield Gym T -- Rocket's Secret Experiment T -- Sabrina's Psychic Control T -- Saffron City Gym T -- Tickling Machine T -- Viridian City Gym T -- Blaine's Gamble T -- Sabrina's Gaze T -- Transparent Walls T -- Trash Exchange T -- Warp Point T -- Imakuni?'s Doduo -- _____'s Chansey Note: To avoid listing the same card twice, the only fixed Theme Deck cards added are the ones that form the complete set. The fixed cards have no rarity symbols (designated "--"; holographic cards in the deck are designated "H").

Trivia

• An extension of the previous expansion, Gym 2 was based on the remaining four Kanto Gym Leaders; Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, and Giovanni.
• Gym Challenge was originally planned to be released on 16th October in North America. It was then pushed up the 7th, then back to the 16th. Many Sears locations ended up releasing it on the 4th.
• Two Japanese cards, Imakuni?'s Doduo and ____'s Chansey didn't make an appearance in the American release. Imakuni is a singer for several Pokémon songs released only in Japan, so the card's exclusion was mostly due to prevent confusion from players. Also, neither of those really fit in a "serious" card set.
• The Trainer card "Misty's Tears" was originally in Gym 1 in Japan, but its English counterpart was not released until Gym Cha