Blaine's Growlithe
No. 58 · Common
Raw $37.00 · PSA 9 $632.50 · PSA 10 $10,000.00
Japanese Gym Heroes
Japanese Gym Heroes (1998), Leaders' Stadium, is the fifth Japanese expansion: 96 cards with 16 holos that introduced Owner's Pokémon, Stadium cards and Theme Decks.
- Japanese release
- October 24, 1998
- Cards
- 96
- Set code
- PMCG5
- Era
- Original
- Known for
- The Misty's Gyarados and Rocket's Moltres holos, Lt. Surge's Pikachu and the first Owner's Pokémon
- Updated
- Prices as of
- October 20, 2026
Values
- Tracked cards
73 - Variants
23 - Raw cards over $100
0 - Median raw price
$3.33 - Booster box
No current price
Chase cards
Sabrina'A Abra
No. 63 · Uncommon
Raw $29.99 · PSA 9 $883.69 · PSA 10 $7,750.00
Brock's Onix
No. 95 · Rare
Raw $43.00 · PSA 9 $1,121.47 · PSA 10 $6,000.00
Lt. Surge's Pikachu
No. 25 · Common
Raw $25.00 · PSA 9 $183.81 · PSA 10 $2,825.13
Misty's Gyarados
No. 130 · other
Raw $41.58 · PSA 9 $226.25 · PSA 10 $1,457.50
Lt. Surge's Pikachu
No. 25 · Common
Raw $11.63 · PSA 9 $128.04 · PSA 10 $1,224.00
Misty's Psyduck
No. 54 · Holo Rare
Raw $9.15 · PSA 9 $93.00 · PSA 10 $1,175.00
Rocket's Moltres
No. 146 · other
Raw $27.74 · PSA 9 $157.50 · PSA 10 $843.17
Erika
No. 16 · Holo Rare
Raw $16.74 · PSA 9 $86.00 · PSA 10 $820.00
Erika's Dragonair
No. 148 · other
Raw $26.36 · PSA 9 $120.00 · PSA 10 $787.50
Rocket's Scyther
No. 123 · other
Raw $29.48 · PSA 9 $128.87 · PSA 10 $730.50
Lt. Surge's Eevee
No. 133 · other
Raw $4.22 · PSA 9 $51.00 · PSA 10 $711.00
Misty's Psyduck
No. 54 · Holo Rare
Raw $6.95 · PSA 9 $61.00 · PSA 10 $700.75
Brock's Ninetales
No. 38 · Common
Raw $24.98 · PSA 9 $119.00 · PSA 10 $680.00
Misty's Golduck
No. 55 · Holo Rare
Raw $21.27 · PSA 9 $112.50 · PSA 10 $572.00
Blaine's Growlithe #58 (Common) trades at raw $37.00, PSA 9 $632.50 and PSA 10 $10,000.00.
Sabrina'A Abra #63 (Uncommon) trades at raw $29.99, PSA 9 $883.69 and PSA 10 $7,750.00.
Brock's Onix #95 (Rare) trades at raw $43.00, PSA 9 $1,121.47 and PSA 10 $6,000.00.
Lt. Surge's Pikachu #25 (Common) trades at raw $25.00, PSA 9 $183.81 and PSA 10 $2,825.13.
Misty's Gyarados #130 (other) trades at raw $41.58, PSA 9 $226.25 and PSA 10 $1,457.50.
Lt. Surge's Pikachu #25 (Common) trades at raw $11.63, PSA 9 $128.04 and PSA 10 $1,224.00.
Misty's Psyduck #54 (Holo Rare) trades at raw $9.15, PSA 9 $93.00 and PSA 10 $1,175.00.
Rocket's Moltres #146 (other) trades at raw $27.74, PSA 9 $157.50 and PSA 10 $843.17.
Erika #16 (Holo Rare) trades at raw $16.74, PSA 9 $86.00 and PSA 10 $820.00.
Erika's Dragonair #148 (other) trades at raw $26.36, PSA 9 $120.00 and PSA 10 $787.50.
Rocket's Scyther #123 (other) trades at raw $29.48, PSA 9 $128.87 and PSA 10 $730.50.
Lt. Surge's Eevee #133 (other) trades at raw $4.22, PSA 9 $51.00 and PSA 10 $711.00.
Misty's Psyduck #54 (Holo Rare) trades at raw $6.95, PSA 9 $61.00 and PSA 10 $700.75.
Brock's Ninetales #38 (Common) trades at raw $24.98, PSA 9 $119.00 and PSA 10 $680.00.
Misty's Golduck #55 (Holo Rare) trades at raw $21.27, PSA 9 $112.50 and PSA 10 $572.00.
Sealed products
Booster Pack
Single Leaders' Stadium packs, the set's benchmark sealed product.
Live price: $639.67
Kuchiba City Gym Deck
The Lt. Surge deck from Vermilion City, with its exclusive print of Lt. Surge's Pikachu.
Live price: $5.39
Misty Hanada City Theme Deck
The Misty deck from Cerulean City, one of the first pre-constructed Japanese Theme Decks.
Live price: $603.00
Tamamushi Erika City Gym Theme Deck
The Erika deck from Celadon City.
Live price: $178.09
| Category | Name | Price |
|---|---|---|
| booster pack | Booster Pack | $639.67 |
| other | Kuchiba City Gym Deck | $5.39 |
| other | Misty Hanada City Theme Deck | $603.00 |
| other | Tamamushi Erika City Gym Theme Deck | $178.09 |
Unnumbered cards
| Name | Price |
|---|---|
| Brock | $5.99 |
| Brock [Nivi City Gym] #18/27 | $14.15 |
| Brock's Geodude [Nivi City Gym] #6/27 | $0.50 |
| Brock's Golem [Nivi City Gym] #9/27 | $2.49 |
| Brock's Graveler [Nivi City Gym] #8/27 | $3.00 |
| Brock's Mankey [Nivi City Gym] #5/27 | $2.39 |
| Brock's Onix [Nivi City Gym] #10/27 | $3.26 |
| Brock's Protection | $3.34 |
| Brock's Rhydon [Nivi City Gym] #13/27 | $9.04 |
| Brock's Rhyhorn [Nivi City Gym] #12/27 | $1.99 |
| Brock's Sandshrew [Nivi City Gym] #3/27 | $2.99 |
| Brock's Training Method [Nivi City Gym] #19/27 | $2.19 |
| Brock's Vulpix [Nivi City Gym] #2/27 | $2.00 |
| Brock's Zubat [Nivi City Gym] #1/27 | $10.16 |
| Celadon City Gym | $2.64 |
| Cerulean City Gym | $2.91 |
| Chaos Gym | $2.60 |
| Charity | $3.80 |
| Double Colorless [Nivi City Gym] #27/27 | $1.40 |
| Energy Flow | $1.52 |
| Energy Retrieval [Nivi City Gym] #14/27 | $0.50 |
| Erika | $9.35 |
| Erika's Kindness | $7.48 |
| Erika's Maids | $3.91 |
| Erika's Perfume | $2.88 |
| Fighting [Nivi City Gym] #26/27 | No current price |
| Full Heal [Nivi City Gym] #20/27 | $0.99 |
| Good Manners | $3.69 |
| Guren Town Gym | $3.00 |
| Gust of Wind | $2.40 |
| Lt. Surge | $7.90 |
| Lt. Surge [Kuchiba City Holo] | $12.09 |
| Lt. Surge [Kuchiba City] | $13.00 |
| Lt. Surge's Secret Plan | $3.72 |
| Lt. Surge's Treaty | $2.75 |
| Misty | $6.00 |
| Misty [Hanada City] | $27.50 |
| Misty's Duel | $3.22 |
| Misty's Tears | $58.93 |
| Misty's Tears [Hanada City] | $73.85 |
| Misty's Wish | $7.55 |
| Misty's Wrath | $6.38 |
| Narrow Gym | $1.60 |
| No Removal Gym | $3.84 |
| Pewter City Gym | $2.74 |
| Pewter City Gym [Nivi City Gym] #21/27 | $1.25 |
| Poke Ball | $2.40 |
| Pokédex HANDY505 [Nivi City Gym] #23/27 | $3.00 |
| Pokémon Center [Nivi City Gym] #24/27 | $2.00 |
| Potion | $2.31 |
| Potion [Nivi City Gym] #16/27 | $0.25 |
| Recall | $8.75 |
| Recall [Nivi City Gym] #15/27 | $1.75 |
| Resistance Gym | $3.00 |
| Revive | $1.17 |
| Revive [Nivi City Gym] #17/27 | $1.25 |
| Secret Mission | $3.19 |
| Switch | $2.11 |
| Switch [Nivi City Gym] #22/27 | No current price |
| The Rocket's Training Gym | $3.78 |
| The Rocket's Trap | $11.75 |
| Vermilion City Gym | $4.42 |
| Fire [Nivi City Gym] #25/27 | No current price |
| Brock's Sandslash [Nivi City Gym] #4/27 | $11.00 |
| Brock's Training Method | $3.10 |
About Japanese Gym Heroes
What Japanese Gym Heroes is
Leaders' Stadium, the first Gym Expansion, is the fifth expansion of the Japanese Pokémon Card Game, released on October 24, 1998 as the original print of most of the English Gym Heroes of August 14, 2000. It has 96 cards: 16 holofoil rares, 16 rares, 32 uncommons and 32 commons, based on Pokémon Red, Blue and Green and built around the Kanto Gym Leaders Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge and Erika alongside Team Rocket.
The set introduced Owner's Pokémon, cards carrying a Trainer's name with the Trainer's headshot over their Gym Badge, and the Stadium subclass of Trainer cards. Its holofoils include Misty's Gyarados, Golduck, Tentacruel and Seadra, Rocket's Scyther, Moltres and Hitmonchan, Erika's Vileplume, Clefable and Dragonair, Brock's Ninetales and Rhydon, Lt. Surge's Magneton, Electabuzz and Fearow and The Rocket's Trap. The English Gym Heroes combined it with part of Challenge from the Darkness, and the two releases were the first to use different set symbols.
What makes Japanese Gym Heroes different
- The first Theme Decks Leaders' Stadium was the first Japanese expansion sold with pre-constructed Theme Decks, the Gym Leader decks tracked in the sealed table above as the Kuchiba City, Hanada City and Tamamushi City decks.
- Lt. Surge's Pikachu Lt. Surge's Pikachu 25 is the most valuable pack card of the set in PSA 10, and its Kuchiba City Gym Deck print ranks above the pack version, with the Misty's Gyarados 130 holo next.
- Magazine promos on top CoroCoro Comic promo versions of Gym Leader cards, tracked in this hub as promos rather than pack pulls, hold the top places in the chase list above the set's own holos.
How Japanese Gym Heroes arrived
Leaders' Stadium released in Japan on October 24, 1998 as the fifth expansion of the Pokémon Card Game, following Rocket Gang and preceding Challenge from the Darkness, the second Gym Expansion. Its cards reached English on August 14, 2000 as Gym Heroes, the sixth Wizards of the Coast expansion, with four Theme Decks named for Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge and Erika. The Japanese set is tracked here as its own hub because its prints are the first prints of the Owner's Pokémon.
Japanese Gym Heroes products
Leaders' Stadium was sold in Japanese booster packs and in the Gym Leader Theme Decks. The sealed table above tracks packs and the decks.
Collecting and grading Japanese Gym Heroes
CoroCoro promo prints lead the chase list in PSA 10, then among the set's own cards the Kuchiba City Lt. Surge's Pikachu 25 and its pack print, Misty's Gyarados 130, Misty's Psyduck 54, Rocket's Moltres 146, Erika 16, Rocket's Scyther 123, Erika's Dragonair 148, Lt. Surge's Eevee 133, Brock's Ninetales 38 and Misty's Golduck 55. The live chase list above ranks every tracked card by PSA 10 value.
The hub tracks Japanese Gym cards by National Pokédex number rather than a printed set number, because the 1998 cards carry no collector numbers. Japanese holofoils from 1998 show holo scratches and edge wear readily, so PSA 10 copies carry a very wide premium over PSA 9, and deck and promo prints are graded and priced separately from pack cards.
Notable cards
Lt. Surge's Pikachu #25
Lt. Surge's Pikachu #25
owner's pokemon pikachu
The Lt. Surge's Pikachu, the most valuable pack card of the set in PSA 10, with a Kuchiba City deck print tracked above it.
Raw $11.63 · PSA 9 $128.04 · PSA 10 $1,224.00
Misty's Gyarados #130
Misty's Gyarados #130
holo rare owner's pokemon
The Misty's Gyarados holo, the top holofoil rare of the set in PSA 10.
Raw $41.58 · PSA 9 $226.25 · PSA 10 $1,457.50
Rocket's Moltres #146
Rocket's Moltres #146
holo rare owner's pokemon
The Rocket's Moltres holo, a top ten card in the set in PSA 10.
Raw $27.74 · PSA 9 $157.50 · PSA 10 $843.17
Rocket's Scyther #123
Rocket's Scyther #123
holo rare owner's pokemon
The Rocket's Scyther holo, a top ten card in the set in PSA 10.
Raw $29.48 · PSA 9 $128.87 · PSA 10 $730.50
Erika's Dragonair #148
Erika's Dragonair #148
holo rare owner's pokemon
The Erika's Dragonair holo, a top twelve card in the set in PSA 10.
Raw $26.36 · PSA 9 $120.00 · PSA 10 $787.50
Brock's Ninetales #38
Brock's Ninetales #38
holo rare owner's pokemon
The Brock's Ninetales holo, a top fifteen card in the set in PSA 10.
Raw $24.98 · PSA 9 $119.00 · PSA 10 $680.00
Timeline
- : Leaders' Stadium releases in Japan
- : English Gym Heroes releases
Set composition
Rarity breakdown
Pokemon type mix
Illustrators in this set
- Ken Sugimori: 71
- Atsuko Nishida: 14
- Kenji Kinebuchi: 10
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki: 1
Full card checklist
| Image | Number | Name | Variant | Rarity | Artist | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erika's Bulbasaur | Standard | Common | Atsuko Nishida | $7.27 | $37.28 | $469.91 | |
| 16 | Erika | Standard | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $16.74 | $86.00 | $820.00 | |
| 19 | Lt. Surge's Rattata | Standard | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $2.49 | $30.00 | $105.88 | |
| 19 | Lt. Surge's Rattata | [Kuchiba City] | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $1.99 | $39.58 | $130.25 | |
| 20 | Lt. Surge's Raticate | Standard | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $2.88 | $22.23 | $137.50 | |
| 20 | Lt. Surge's Raticate | [Kuchiba City] | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $2.75 | $21.50 | $121.25 | |
| 21 | Lt. Surge's Spearow | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $2.15 | $32.40 | $75.75 | |
| 21 | Lt. Surge's Spearow | [Kuchiba City] | Common | Ken Sugimori | $2.27 | $39.00 | $185.00 | |
| 22 | Lt. Surge's Fearow | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $16.99 | $89.17 | $455.87 | |
| 25 | Lt. Surge's Pikachu | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $11.63 | $128.04 | $1,224.00 | |
| 25 | Lt. Surge's Pikachu | [Kuchiba City] | Common | Ken Sugimori | $25.00 | $183.81 | $2,825.13 | |
| 26 | Lt. Surge's Raichu | Standard | Common | Atsuko Nishida | $13.15 | $93.08 | $562.95 | |
| 27 | Brock's Sandshrew | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $2.74 | $18.24 | $126.75 | |
| 28 | Brock's Sandslash | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $2.99 | $17.00 | $130.50 | |
| 35 | Erika's Clefairy | Standard | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $5.30 | $39.00 | $169.29 | |
| 35 | Erika's Clefairy | [Lv. 16] | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $9.99 | No current price | No current price | |
| 36 | Erika's Clefable | Standard | Common | Atsuko Nishida | $16.99 | $85.47 | $431.18 | |
| 37 | Brock's Vulpix | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $3.00 | $36.00 | $186.76 | |
| 37 | Brock's Vulpix | [Lv.16] | Common | Ken Sugimori | $3.99 | $34.99 | $395.88 | |
| 37 | Brock's Vulpix | [Lv.18] | Common | Ken Sugimori | $1.99 | No current price | $190.50 | |
| 38 | Brock's Ninetales | Standard | Common | Ken Sugimori | $24.98 | $119.00 | $680.00 | |
| 39 | Erika's Jigglypuff | Standard | Uncommon | Atsuko Nishida | $2.99 | $65.00 | $555.53 | |
| 41 | Brock's Zubat | Standard | Holo Rare | Ken Sugimori | $2.69 | $40.41 | $83.75 | |
| 42 | Brock's Golbat | Standard | Rare | Ken Sugimori | $2.99 | $31.46 | $105.75 |
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Japanese Gym Heroes FAQ
When did Japanese Gym Heroes come out?
Leaders' Stadium released in Japan on October 24, 1998 as the fifth expansion of the Pokémon Card Game. The English Gym Heroes followed on August 14, 2000.
How many cards are in Japanese Gym Heroes?
96 cards: 16 holofoil rares, 16 rares, 32 uncommons and 32 commons. The English Gym Heroes has 132 because it added cards from Challenge from the Darkness.
What are the chase cards in Japanese Gym Heroes?
Among the set's own cards, Lt. Surge's Pikachu 25 leads in PSA 10, followed by Misty's Gyarados 130, Misty's Psyduck 54, Rocket's Moltres 146 and Rocket's Scyther 123, with CoroCoro promo prints tracked above them. The live chase list above ranks every tracked card by PSA 10 value.
What is the most expensive card in Japanese Gym Heroes?
The highest value card currently tracked for Japanese Gym Heroes is Blaine's Growlithe #58 at $10,000 in PSA 10.
Is there a Japanese Gym Heroes booster box?
The sealed table above tracks Leaders' Stadium packs and the Gym Leader Theme Decks. Sealed Japanese boxes from 1998 are very scarce and are not tracked with a live price today.
Why do the cards have Pokédex numbers instead of set numbers?
The 1998 Japanese cards were printed without collector numbers, so the hub tracks them by National Pokédex number, which is why Misty's Gyarados is 130 and Lt. Surge's Pikachu is 25.
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