Unlimited
How to spot it: Standard modern card frame; no edition stamp.
All copies share the same Unlimited print frame.
01Card Stats
Stage 1 (evolves from Rattata)
HP
70
TypeDarkness
RarityRare
IllustratorKouki Saitou
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat—
SetTeam Rocket Returns
Released2004
02Editions and Print Runs
Modern print era — no 1st Edition or Shadowless variants exist for cards printed after the WotC era.
04Variants and Foiling
- Rarity tiers
- Rare
- Foiling
- Non-holo standard finish. Reverse-holo parallel exists with the holo pattern applied to the background.
- Alt art / specials
- No full-art, secret rare, or alternate-art version documented for this print.
05Language and Regional Versions
- English
- Standard English release.
- Japanese
- Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
- European
- Localized European prints exist with translated text.
- Other
- No documented language-exclusive errors or major regional variants.
06Current Market Value
Grade-worthy value
Buy raw ~$39.60
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07Why Collectors Want It
- Released in 2004's EX Team Rocket Returns, the EX-era villain-themed set that revived the WotC-era's Dark-prefixed Pokémon variants alongside the Rocket's-prefixed line.
- Dark Raticate ties the Raticate stage to Team Rocket lore — a thematic chase pickup beyond the plain line slot.
- Reverse-holo raw ~$35 vs. PSA 10 ~$497 — a clean ~14× grading multiple; the base print trades around $4.
- A natural pickup for collectors building the EX-era Team Rocket Returns Dark/Rocket's-themed roster or completing the Raticate line.
08Competitive Playability
Tier: None
Stage 1 Raticate with 70 HP; top attack around 10 damage. Functions as an evolution-chain piece rather than a tournament attacker.
09Card Moves and Abilities
Dark Seed
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
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.)
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 0
10Grading and Population
PSA 10 estimate: Modern Common/Uncommon — most copies are not graded because raw value rarely justifies the fee.
Graded populations stay low; usually collected raw or sleeved rather than slabbed.
Other graders: Negligible BGS/CGC submission volume.