Rattata 87/116 · 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. Rattata is 87/116, in position 87 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 86 Latios-EX, and after it is 88 Raticate. The listed rarity is Common.

Rattata is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rattata (#019), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raticate, Raticate (#020) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 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). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Rattata list a different HP.

The attack Lunge lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. 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 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. Rattata can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.