Gym Challenge (TCG)

Get ready for the Gym Challenge™ expansion!

Some Pokémon trainers are more devious than others—and these trickster trainers will meet their match with Pokémon gym leaders Blaine, Sabrina, Koga, and Giovanni! The four mischievous gym leaders have been perfecting their training methods with their favorite Pokémon. So check out their sneaky tricks...and put yourself up to the gym challenge!

Gym Challenge is the name given to the seventh main expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as Challenge from the Darkness, the sixth expansion in the Pokémon Card Game. It is based on Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green, featuring Generation I Pokémon and the Kanto region's Gym Leaders. The English expansion was released on October 16, 2000, while the Japanese expansion was released on June 25, 1999. Gym Challenge combines its Japanese equivalent with the Leaders' Stadium expansion.

Two cards feature different illustration in the English release and the Japanese release as they were deemed "inappropriate". Koga's Ninja Trick originally has a swastika that resembled the swastika used by the Nazis, and it was changed to a different symbol. Misty's Tears originally has Misty drawn nude, and it was changed to a Squirtle trying to stop Misty's tears from falling down.

Additional cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 37/132 Brock's Vulpix [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Top Deck Magazine W Promo

Corrected error cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 2/132 Blaine's Charizard [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Incorrect Fighting type symbol used in the Roaring Flames attack 119/132 Rocket's Minefield Gym T [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Does not mention number of damage counters

The Challenge from the Darkness set is released in Japanese, all with rarity symbols. Some cards without rarity symbols are available in Japanese gym theme decks. The Gym Challenge set is only released in English, in both 1st and unlimited edition.