Dratini 53/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Dratini is Pokédex #147, generation 1 (Kanto). Dratini is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Dragonair, Dragonair (#148) under evolves to.

Dratini sits at 53/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 53 of 111. Before it is 52 Dratini, and after it is 54 Drowzee. 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 Common.

The attack Dragon Song lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Tail Strike is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Water, Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Grass -30 and Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Dratini (#147) has 30 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 Dratini 26/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Dratini list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 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. Dratini can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.