Dark Tyranitar 20/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Tyranitar is Pokédex #248, generation 2 (Johto). Dark Tyranitar is a Stage 2 Fighting Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Dark Pupitar. In this catalog that name is Pupitar (#247).

Dark Tyranitar sits at 20/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 20 of 111. Before it is 19 Dark Tyranitar, and after it is 21 Delibird. 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.

Sand Damage is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Dark Tyranitar is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Benched Basic Pokémon between turns. You can't use more than 1 Sand Damage Poké-Body between turns. The attack Second Strike lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has at least 2 damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Fighting Darkness type.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Tyranitar, while this one is Dark Tyranitar. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kyoko Koizumi illustrated this one. 40 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Koizumi. I count 14 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. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.