Alolan Rattata 84/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 August 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Alolan Rattata is 84/168, in position 85 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 83 Minior, and after it is 85 Alolan Raticate-GX. The listed rarity is Common.

Alolan Rattata is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rattata (#019), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raticate, Raticate (#020) under evolves to.

Shibuzoh. illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.

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 Alolan Rattata. That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Rattata list a different HP.

The attack Call for the Boss lists no damage number. Search your deck for Alolan Raticate or Alolan Raticate-GX, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Gnaw is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When the sun goes down, it becomes active. It runs around town on a chase for good food for the boss of its nest—Raticate."

I keep a set binder for Celestial Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Celestial Storm set binder. 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 Alolan forms. I still need this card.