Dragonair 3/20 · Dragon Vault

Dragonair is Pokédex #148, generation 1 (Kanto). Dragonair is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Dratini. In this catalog that name is Dratini (#147). The card lists Dragonite, Dragonite (#149) under evolves to.

Dragonair sits at 3/20 in Dragon Vault, position 3 of 21. Before it is 2 Dratini, and after it is 4 Dragonair. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on October 5, 2012. The printed size is 20. This checklist is longer, at 21 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Tail Whap lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Dragon Pulse is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Lightning, Colorless. Discard the top card of your deck. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If its body takes on an aura, the weather changes instantly. It is said to live in seas and lakes."

Dragonair (#148) has 28 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 Dragonair 18/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Dragonair list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon Vault set binder is where a full Dragon Vault set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dragonair can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.