Ekans 55/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Ekans is Pokédex #023, generation 1 (Kanto). Ekans is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Arbok, Arbok (#024) under evolves to.

Ekans sits at 55/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 55 of 111. Before it is 54 Drowzee, and after it is 56 Grimer. 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 Tail Wrap lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Ekans (#023) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ekans 46/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Ekans 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. Ekans can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.