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Dratini
Team Rocket 53/82 • common
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Number
- 53/82
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 2000
- Energy type
- colorless energy
- Market price
- $4.15
- Artist
- Kagemaru Himeno
What it does
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
The capture of the first Dratini inspired the search for other legendary Pokémon.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
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Where it came from
Dratini 53/82 was released in the Team Rocket expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which debuted in Japan in 1997 and in North America in 2000. This set marked a significant departure for the game as the first to focus on the antagonistic Team Rocket organization, introducing the Dark Pokémon mechanic. The expansion was designed to capture the growing intensity of the franchise's narrative, shifting away from the purely aspirational tone of the initial base sets.
The artwork for this specific card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, the primary character designer for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori's approach for the Team Rocket set focused on a slightly more grounded, rugged aesthetic that aligned with the set's thematic emphasis on the villainous group's activities. As a common card, it was widely distributed, becoming a staple of early player collections and representing the standard, non-Dark version of the Pokémon within a set defined by its darker, corrupted variants.
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