Rattata 104/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Boundaries Crossed is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Rattata is 104/149, in position 104 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 103 White Kyurem-EX, and after it is 105 Raticate. The listed rarity is Common.

Rattata is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 30 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rattata (#019), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raticate, Raticate (#020) under evolves to.

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Rattata (#019) has 26 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 Rattata 61/102 in Base (1999). Both list 30 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Rattata list a different HP.

The attack Paralyzing Gaze lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It searches for food all day. It gnaws on hard objects to wear down its fangs, which grow constantly during its lifetime."

I keep a set binder for Boundaries Crossed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Boundaries Crossed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rattata can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.