Dark Raticate 51/82 · Team Rocket

Raticate is Pokédex #020, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Raticate is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 25. The card says it evolves from Rattata. In this catalog that name is Rattata (#019).

Dark Raticate sits at 51/82 in Team Rocket, position 51 of 83. Before it is 50 Charmander, and after it is 52 Diglett. 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 Common.

The attack Gnaw lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Hyper Fang is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Raticate's front teeth are incredibly powerful; it can destroy a two-story house with them in 5 minutes."

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 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Raticate 40/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Raticate, while this one is Dark Raticate. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshida. I count 50 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. Raticate can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.