Dark Primeape 43/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Primeape is 43/82, in position 43 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Dark Persian, and after it is 44 Dark Rapidash. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dark Primeape is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 23. In the Pokédex this is Primeape (#057), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Mankey. In this catalog that name is Mankey (#056).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Primeape (#057) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Primeape 43/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Primeape, while this one is Dark Primeape. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Primeape list a different HP.

Frenzy is listed as Pokémon Power. If Dark Primeape does any damage while it's Confused (even to itself), it does 30 more damage. The attack Frenzied Attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Dark Primeape is now Confused (after doing damage). Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Although Primeapes have always been mean, lately they seem to be becoming even more vicious and frenzied."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Primeape 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.