Rayquaza ex 102/107 · Deoxys

Rayquaza is Pokédex #384, generation 3 (Hoenn). Rayquaza ex is a Basic ex Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP.

Rayquaza ex sits at 102/107 in Deoxys, position 102 of 108. Before it is 101 Manectric ex, and after it is 103 Salamence ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 February 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Dragon Boost is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you put Rayquaza ex from your hand onto your Bench, you may move any number of basic Energy cards attached to your Pokémon to Rayquaza ex. The attack Spiral Blast lists 20× damage. The cost is Fire, Lightning. Does 20 damage for each basic Energy card attached to Rayquaza ex. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Water -30 and Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When 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). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshikawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 53 other cards of Rayquaza list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshikawa. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Deoxys set binder is where a full Deoxys 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.