Dark Raticate (EX Team Rocket Returns 17)

Dark Raticate   わるいラッタ Bad Ratta Team Plasma

Illus. Kouki Saitou

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Rattata Card name Dark Raticate Type Darkness Hit Points 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost None English expansion EX Team Rocket Returns Rarity English card no. 17/109 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 058/084 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Raticate.

Dark Raticate (Japanese: わるいラッタ Bad Ratta) is a Darkness-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.

Card text

Dark Seed ダークシード

The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Put 5 damage counters on the Defending Pokémon at the end of your opponent's next turn.

Spread Poison どくをばらまく 10

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Trivia

Unlike most Dark Pokémon in EX Team Rocket Returns, this card was made as a single-type Darkness Pokémon instead of a dual-type, a trait it shares with the other normally Colorless Pokémon made into Dark Pokémon in this set.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.