Ekans 56/82 · 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. Ekans is 56/82, in position 56 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Eevee, and after it is 57 Grimer. The listed rarity is Common.

Ekans is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 15. In the Pokédex this is Ekans (#023), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Arbok, Arbok (#024) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Ekans (#023) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ekans 46/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Ekans list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Poison Sting is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A carnivore that swallows its prey whole. Pidgeys and Spearows are its favorite food."

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. Ekans can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.