Rayquaza-EX 85/124 · Dragons Exalted

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

Rayquaza-EX sits at 85/124 in Dragons Exalted, position 85 of 128. Before it is 84 Altaria, and after it is 86 Gible. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 15 August 2012. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 128 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Celestial Roar lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard the top 3 cards of your deck. If any of those cards are Energy cards, attach them to this Pokémon. Dragon Burst is another attack lists 60× damage. The cost is Fire, Lightning. Discard all basic Fire Energy or all basic Lightning Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage times the number of Energy you discarded. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 1. 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 Holo EX. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 52 other cards of Rayquaza list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragons Exalted set binder is where a full Dragons Exalted 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.