Zubat 82/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Zubat is Pokédex #041, generation 1 (Kanto). Zubat is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Golbat, Golbat (#042) under evolves to.

Zubat sits at 82/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 82 of 111. Before it is 81 Wooper, and after it is 83 Copycat. 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 Dark Streak lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, each Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Ambush is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Zubat (#041) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Zubat 57/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Zubat list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 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. Zubat can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.