Rocket's Hitmonchan ex 98/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Team Rocket Returns is a set in the EX series. It was released on 1 November 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Rocket's Hitmonchan ex is 98/109, in position 98 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 97 Rocket's Entei ex, and after it is 99 Rocket's Mewtwo ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Rocket's Hitmonchan ex is a Basic ex Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hitmonchan (#107), generation 1 (Kanto).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Hitmonchan (#107) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Hitmonchan 7/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Hitmonchan, while this one is Rocket's Hitmonchan ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Hitmonchan list a different HP.

Strikes Back is listed as Poké-Body. If Rocket's Hitmonchan ex is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Rocket's Hitmonchan ex is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon. The attack Mach Punch lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magnum Punch is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket Returns, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket Returns set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmonchan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards, Trainer's Pokémon, and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.