Raticate 48/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

FireRed & LeafGreen is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Raticate is 48/112, in position 48 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Porygon, and after it is 49 Venomoth. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

Thick Skin is listed as Poké-Body. Raticate can't be affected by any Special Conditions. The attack Pickup lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your discard pile for a Basic Pokémon (or Evolution card), a Trainer card, and an Energy card. Show them to your opponent and put them into your hand. Quick Attack is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 40 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2.

I keep a set binder for FireRed & LeafGreen, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the FireRed & LeafGreen set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raticate can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.