Raticate 29/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Raticate is 29/99, in position 29 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Rapidash, and after it is 30 Sceptile. The listed rarity is Rare.

Raticate is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 31. In the Pokédex this is Raticate (#020), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Rattata. In this catalog that name is Rattata (#019).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

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 lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Raticate list a different HP.

The attack Recruit lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Look at your opponent's hand, choose a Supporter card you find there, and discard it. Then, use the effect of that card as the effect of this attack. Extend Fang is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If Raticate has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 20 damage plus 40 more damage. Weakness is Fighting +20. The flavor text reads "It whittles its constantly growing fangs by gnawing on hard things. It can chew apart cinder walls."

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raticate can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.