Raticate 40/102 · Base

Raticate is Pokédex #020, generation 1 (Kanto). Raticate is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 41. The card says it evolves from Rattata. In this catalog that name is Rattata (#019).

Raticate sits at 40/102 in Base, position 40 of 102. Before it is 39 Porygon, and after it is 41 Seel. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Bite lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Super Fang is another attack lists ? damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does damage to the Defending Pokémon equal to half the Defending Pokémon's remaining HP (rounded up to the nearest 10). Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses its whiskers to maintain its balance. It seems to slow down if they are cut off."

Raticate (#020) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Raticate 58/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. 22 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base set binder is where a full Base set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raticate can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.