Dratini 81/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Dratini is 81/116, in position 81 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 80 Mawile, and after it is 82 Dragonair. The listed rarity is Common.

Dratini is a Basic Dragon Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dratini (#147), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Dragonair, Dragonair (#148) under evolves to.

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Dratini (#147) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dratini 26/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Dratini list a different HP.

The attack Shed Skin lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon. Tail Smack is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have seen it. Its shed skin has been found."

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