Lt. Surge's Rattata 85/132 · Gym Challenge

Rattata is Pokédex #019, generation 1 (Kanto). Lt. Surge's Rattata is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists level 7. The card lists Raticate, Raticate (#020) under evolves to.

Lt. Surge's Rattata sits at 85/132 in Gym Challenge, position 85 of 132. Before it is 84 Lt. Surge's Pikachu, and after it is 86 Lt. Surge's Voltorb. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on 16 October 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Focus Energy lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your next turn, Lt. Surge's Rattata's Quick Attack's base damage is doubled. Quick Attack is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 10 damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30.

Rattata (#019) has 26 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 Rattata 61/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Rattata, while this one is Lt. Surge's Rattata. Both list 30 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Rattata list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Challenge set binder is where a full Gym Challenge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rattata can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Atsuko Nishida cards, early series, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Lt. Surge and his Pokémon. I still need this card.