Rocket's Sneasel ex 103/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Sneasel is Pokédex #215, generation 2 (Johto). Rocket's Sneasel ex is a Basic ex Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists Weavile, Weavile (#461) under evolves to.

Rocket's Sneasel ex sits at 103/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 103 of 111. Before it is 102 Rocket's Scyther ex, and after it is 104 Rocket's Snorlax ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Drag Off lists 10 damage. The cost is Darkness. Before doing damage, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with the Defending Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 10 damage to the new Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. Dark Ring is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each of your Darkness Pokémon in play. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Sneasel (#215) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Sneasel 25/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Sneasel, while this one is Rocket's Sneasel ex. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Sneasel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket Returns set binder is where a full Team Rocket Returns set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sneasel can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.