Alolan Raticate 42/78 · Pokémon GO

Raticate is Pokédex #020, generation 1 (Kanto). Alolan Raticate is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Alolan Rattata. In this catalog that name is Rattata (#019).

Alolan Raticate sits at 42/78 in Pokémon GO, position 42 of 88. Before it is 41 Alolan Rattata, and after it is 43 Tyranitar. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Chase Up lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Search your deck for a card and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Super Fang is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Put damage counters on your opponent's Active Pokémon until its remaining HP is 10. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It commands a nest of Rattata. Different nests don't get along, whipping up severe fights over feeding grounds." The regulation mark is F.

Raticate (#020) has 28 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 Raticate 40/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Raticate, while this one is Alolan Raticate. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 26 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Pokémon GO set binder is where a full Pokémon GO set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raticate can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Alolan forms and Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.