No. 20 · Kanto · Normal
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Raticate is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 20 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 26
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 19
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Raticate art

01/06Team Rocket's Raticate
Illustration rare

02/06Raticate
Illustration rare

03/06Alolan Raticate GX
Ultra Rare

04/06Raticate BREAK
Ultra Rare

05/06Alolan Raticate
Rare

06/06Raticate
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Raticate cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Raticate artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Raticate by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Raticate cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Raticate gets drawn
Raticate is usually drawn fierce, tense and moody, often snarling, often painted.
Across 25 Raticate artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Raticate through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Heroes
2001 Southern Islands
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Skyridge
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Supreme Victors
2010 Undaunted
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 Plasma Freeze
2016 Evolutions
2017 Burning Shadows
2018 Celestial Storm
2019 Unbroken Bonds
2022 Pokémon GO
2023 151
2025 Destined Rivals
2026 Perfect Order
Evolves from
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Raticate sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Raticate turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Raticate card
29 cards, strongest artwork first.
Raticate in numbers
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 26since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 19most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Basic, Stage 1, BREAK
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–200
They span 26 sets, from Base Set to Perfect Order. 19 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, 5ban Graphics and Kagemaru Himeno. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 1 and BREAK.
Who draws Raticate
19 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
26 sets, by how many Raticate cards each holds.
BREAKpoint2
Destined Rivals2
Perfect Order2
1511
Arceus1
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Boundaries Crossed1
Burning Shadows1
Celestial Storm1
Evolutions1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
14 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Raticate cards are there?
- There are 29 Raticate cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 26 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Raticate card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Raticate art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Raticate cards?
- 19 illustrators have drawn Raticate. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 7, followed by 5ban Graphics and Kagemaru Himeno.
- What was the first Raticate card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 14 of its 29 cards are Uncommon.
























