Dragonite 96/149 · Sun & Moon

Dragonite is Pokédex #149, generation 1 (Kanto). Dragonite is a Stage 2 Dragon Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Dragonair. In this catalog that name is Dragonair (#148).

Dragonite sits at 96/149 in Sun & Moon, position 96 of 173. Before it is 95 Dragonair, and after it is 97 Spearow. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Dragon Wave lists 130 damage. The cost is Grass, Lightning. Discard a Grass Energy and a Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. Giant Tail is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Incur the wrath of this normally calm Pokémon at your peril, because it will smash everything to smithereens before it's satisfied."

Dragonite (#149) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dragonite 5/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Hiroyuki Yamamoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 44 other cards of Dragonite list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hiroyuki Yamamoto. I count 3 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sun & Moon set binder is where a full Sun & Moon set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dragonite can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.