Dark Raticate

Team Rocket Returns 17/109 • rare

Set: Team Rocket Returns
Number: 17/109
Rarity: Rare
Released: 2004
Energy type: darkness energy
Market price: $4.89
Artist: Kouki Saitou

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Market

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$4.89market price via TCGplayer · Sep 20, 2026$4.25 – $4.89 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As part of the 2004 Team Rocket Returns expansion, this card represents the era when the Pokémon Trading Card Game introduced dual-type mechanics and a renewed focus on the nefarious Team Rocket organization. Collectors prize this rare edition for its distinct dark-type aesthetic and its role in the strategic shift toward cards that emphasize "dark" versions of classic Pokémon.

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Card face

What it does

70 HPStage 1

Cost: darkness energyDark 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.

Cost: colorless energy colorless energySpread Poison10

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.)

Weaknessfighting energy×2

Formats

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StandardNot legal
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Provenance

Where it came from

Dark Raticate (17/109) was released in 2004 as part of the Team Rocket Returns expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This set marked a thematic return to the villainous Team Rocket organization, focusing on 'Dark' versions of existing Pokémon that featured stylized, edgy artwork. The card itself draws on the established lore of the Rocket series, where captured Pokémon were artificially evolved or corrupted to increase their combat effectiveness.

The artwork for this card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou, who contributed extensively to the Pokémon TCG throughout the early 2000s. Saitou’s design for this Raticate leans into the gritty aesthetic of the set, emphasizing the character's aggressive posture and the dark energy aesthetic that defined the Team Rocket Returns era. It remains a notable example of the transitional art styles prevalent during the Ex-series run of the game.

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Other printings

Others named Dark Raticate

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Dark RaticateTeam Rocket · #51/82 · common · 2000$1.95

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