Dark Dragonite 22/82 · Team Rocket

Dragonite is Pokédex #149, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Dragonite is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 33. The card says it evolves from Dark Dragonair. In this catalog that name is Dragonair (#148).

Dark Dragonite sits at 22/82 in Team Rocket, position 22 of 83. Before it is 21 Dark Charizard, and after it is 23 Dark Dugtrio. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Summon Minions is listed as Pokémon Power. When you play Dark Dragonite from your hand, search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. The attack Giant Tail lists 70 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Sometimes called "The God of Destruction." Its wings are able to support it in spite of its massive weight."

Dragonite (#149) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dragonite 5/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Dragonite, while this one is Dark Dragonite. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 46 other cards of Dragonite list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dragonite can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.