Rayquaza-EX 104/108 · Roaring Skies

Rayquaza is Pokédex #384, generation 3 (Hoenn). Rayquaza-EX is a Basic EX Colorless Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Rayquaza-EX, Rayquaza (#384) under evolves to.

Rayquaza-EX sits at 104/108 in Roaring Skies, position 106 of 112. Before it is 103 Hydreigon-EX, and after it is 105 M Rayquaza-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Intensifying Burn lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon-EX, this attack does 50 more damage. Dragon Pulse is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 3 cards of your deck. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Rayquaza (#384) has 59 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rayquaza ex 39/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Rayquaza ex, while this one is Rayquaza-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 52 other cards of Rayquaza list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rayquaza can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza and All Rayquaza cards. I still need this card.