Koga's Arbok

Koga's Arbok is card 25 of 132 in Gym Challenge, released in October 2000, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Grass-type with 90 HP.

As a Stage 1, it evolves from Koga's Ekans, which places Koga's Arbok deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Koga is the Poison-type Gym Leader of Fuchsia City, a ninja who later rises to the Elite Four. Koga's Arbok is part of that themed lineup.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

The fully evolved Ekans. Hood patterns differ by region; the original Pokédex art shows a specific pattern that not all later art has preserved. Fossil Arbok has been quietly appreciating as part of a broader Team Rocket-themed collector trend.

Koga's Arbok is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Challenge, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Koga's Arbok trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.

Gym Challenge shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Koga's Arbok carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

Non-holo Rares like Koga's Arbok are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Koga's Arbok survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.

For Koga's Arbok, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Koga's Arbok can make sense.