Dark Dragonite 15/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Dragonite is Pokédex #149, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Dragonite is a Stage 2 Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Dark Dragonair. In this catalog that name is Dragonair (#148).

Dark Dragonite sits at 15/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 15 of 111. Before it is 14 Togetic, and after it is 16 Dark Muk. 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.

Dark Trance is listed as Poké-Power. As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Darkness Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Dark Dragonite is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Double Wing Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Lightning. Does 30 damage to each Defending Pokémon. Claw Swipe is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Grass -30 and Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Dragonite (#149) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dragonite 5/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Dragonite, while this one is Dark Dragonite. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Nakaoka illustrated this one. 48 other cards of Dragonite list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Nakaoka. I count 46 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. Dragonite can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.