Rocket's Persian ex 116/115 · Unseen Forces

Persian is Pokédex #053, generation 1 (Kanto). Rocket's Persian ex is a Stage 1 ex Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Rocket's Meowth. In this catalog that name is Meowth (#052).

Rocket's Persian ex sits at 116/115 in Unseen Forces, position 118 of 145. Before it is 115 Suicune ★, and after it is 117 Celebi ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 115. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Night Cry is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, if Rocket's Persian ex is on your Bench, you may search your deck for a Pokémon with Dark or Rocket's in its name. Show it to your opponent and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. The attack Toxic Claws lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Persian (#053) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Persian 42/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Persian, while this one is Rocket's Persian ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Secret. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Persian list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unseen Forces set binder is where a full Unseen Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Persian can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards, Trainer's Pokémon, Team Rocket cards, and Meowth, Persian, and Perrserker. I still need this card.