Dark Raticate 17/109 · Team Rocket Returns

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

Dark Raticate sits at 17/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 17 of 111. Before it is 16 Dark Muk, and after it is 18 Dark Sandslash. 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.

The attack Dark Seed lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Put 5 damage counters on the Defending Pokémon at the end of your opponent's next turn. Spread Poison is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2.

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 is named Raticate, while this one is Dark Raticate. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 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. Raticate 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.