Dark Dragonite 5/82 · 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 Dragonite is 5/82, in position 5 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Dark Charizard, and after it is 6 Dark Dugtrio. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

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

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

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 Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 46 other cards of Dragonite list a different HP.

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."

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. 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.