Raticate 88/116 · Plasma Freeze

Raticate is Pokédex #020, generation 1 (Kanto). Raticate is a Stage 1 Team Plasma Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Rattata. In this catalog that name is Rattata (#019).

Raticate sits at 88/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 88 of 122. Before it is 87 Rattata, and after it is 89 Eevee. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Transfer Junk lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Put a Team Plasma Pokémon, a Team Plasma Trainer card, and a Team Plasma Energy card from your discard pile into your hand. Bite is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "With its long fangs, this surprisingly violent Pokémon can gnaw away even thick concrete with ease."

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 lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze 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). I still need this card.