Dratini 2/20 · Dragon Vault

Dragon Vault is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 5 October 2012. The printed size is 20. This checklist is longer, at 21 cards. Dratini is 2/20, in position 2 of 21 on this checklist. Before it is 1 Dratini, and after it is 3 Dragonair. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dratini is a Basic Dragon Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dratini (#147), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Dragonair, Dragonair (#148) under evolves to.

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Dratini (#147) has 30 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 Dratini 26/102 in Base (1999). Both list 40 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Dratini list a different HP.

The attack Hypnotic Gaze lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Tail Whap is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have seen it. Its shed skin has been found."

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