Rattata 71/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Rattata is Pokédex #019, generation 1 (Kanto). Rattata is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Raticate, Raticate (#020) under evolves to.

Rattata sits at 71/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 71 of 111. Before it is 70 Psyduck, and after it is 72 Rattata. 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.

Scramble is listed as Poké-Body. As long as your opponent has any Pokémon-ex as his or her Active Pokémon, the Retreat Cost for Rattata is 0. The attack Fury Swipes lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Rattata (#019) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rattata 61/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Rattata list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Aya Kusube. I count 127 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. Rattata can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.