Dark Crobat 3/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Team Rocket Returns is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Dark Crobat is 3/109, in position 3 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Dark Ampharos, and after it is 4 Dark Electrode. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dark Crobat is a Stage 2 Grass Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Crobat (#169), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Dark Golbat. In this catalog that name is Golbat (#042).

Kyoko Koizumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 14 other cards in the catalog.

Crobat (#169) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Crobat 4/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card is named Crobat, while this one is Dark Crobat. Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kyoko Koizumi illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Crobat list a different HP.

Black Beam is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), if Dark Crobat is your Active Pokémon, you may choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon. That Pokémon is now Poisoned. This power can't be used if Dark Crobat is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Dark Drain lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Remove from Dark Crobat a number of damage counters equal to the number of your opponent's Pokémon in play. Skill Dive is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Grass Darkness type.

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket Returns, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket Returns set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Crobat 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.