Rayquaza ex 97/97 · Dragon

Rayquaza is Pokédex #384, generation 3 (Hoenn). Rayquaza ex is a Basic ex Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP.

Rayquaza ex sits at 97/97 in Dragon, position 97 of 100. Before it is 96 Muk ex, and after it is 98 Charmander. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Spiral Growth lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, search your discard pile for a basic Energy card and attach it to Rayquaza ex. Dragon Burst is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Fire, Lightning. Discard either all Fire Energy or all Lightning Energy attached to Rayquaza ex. This attack does 40 damage times the amount of Fire or Lightning Energy discarded. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30 and Water -30. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Rayquaza (#384) has 59 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rayquaza ex 39/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 53 other cards of Rayquaza list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hikaru Koike. I count 46 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rayquaza can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza and All Rayquaza cards. I still need this card.