Patrat Pokémon Card Guide: Cute Picks, Best Sets, and Collector Tips
Your complete Patrat Pokémon card guide: standout artwork, key sets, ability highlights, and binder strategy for every collector.
2024-12-15
Popularity Rank: #1007
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #989
2019 survey: #801
#1007 / 1025
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Patrat
Scout Pokémon
Using food stored in cheek pouches, they can keep watch for days. They use their tails to communicate with others.
Pokédex details
Height
0.5 m
Weight
11.6 kg
Base EXP
0
Capture rate
255 / 255
Generation
Gen V
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium
Color
Brown
Shape
Quadruped
Egg groups
Ground
What makes Patrat so likeable
The elevator pitch for Patrat: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Bulbapedia traces its design inspiration: minezumi may be a combination of 見 mi (looking) and 鼠 nezumi (mouse).
- Cheerful personality in-game — Patrat feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- Patrat has that "favourite since childhood" energy — you don't need lore to explain the appeal.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Patrat from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Chaos Rising
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Guardians Rising
Common
Furious Fists
Common
XY trainer Kit (Bisharp)
Common
Plasma Storm
Common
Plasma Storm
Common
Boundaries Crossed
Common
Emerging Powers
Common
Black & White
Common
Black & White
Common
BW trainer Kit (Zoroark)
None
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Laying out a Patrat page that photographs well
Binder geometry for Patrat: where the eye should land first and what can stay in the background.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Patrat #107 (Guardians Rising) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Patrat binder page.
Patrat #77 (Black & White) is a sleeper hit — not expensive, but a favorite for themed collections.
Patrat #78 (Emerging Powers) is a sleeper hit — not expensive, but a favorite for themed collections.
Patrat #118 (Boundaries Crossed) is a fun addition for collectors — affordable and perfect for filling out a Patrat page.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Patrat mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Patrat chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Guardians Rising
Common
Black & White
Common
Emerging Powers
Common
Boundaries Crossed
Common
Chaos Rising
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Furious Fists
Common
Right page
XY trainer Kit (Bisharp)
Common
Plasma Storm
Common
Plasma Storm
Common
Black & White
Common
BW trainer Kit (Zoroark)
None
BW trainer Kit (Zoroark)
None
White Flare
Illustration rare
Start with a background that echoes Patrat's normal, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Patrat
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Patrat
Scene wallpaper — Patrat
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Patrat
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Photograph the Patrat page under warm side light once and cool once — you'll quickly see which copy deserves the top-left anchor slot.
- National Dex #504 is a quiet flex on dividers or handwritten indices — collectors who sort by number will thank you.
- Label one pocket "海外" / overseas and one domestic — pairing Patrat (ミネズミ) with English prints reads like a travel diary spread.
- Normal typings give artists a built-in palette — when two Patrat cards clash, it's usually because lighting diverged, not because the species lacks identity.
Patrat on the tabletop
Optional competitive context for Patrat. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Patrat — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
45
Attack
55
Defense
39
Sp. Atk
35
Sp. Def
39
Speed
42
Total: 255
Players file Patrat around tier "Past" while Ability Run Away (Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Mono-normal Patrat spreads live on lighting variation: same palette, different contrast.
- Hidden Ability Analytic is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Patrat — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Patrat, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
Using food stored in cheek pouches, they can keep watch for days. They use their tails to communicate with others.
Extremely cautious, they take shifts to maintain a constant watch of their nest. They feel insecure without a lookout.
Extremely cautious, one of them will always be on the lookout, but it won’t notice a foe coming from behind.
Collectors still read Patrat and Watchog fastest left-to-right; matching illustration eras across those stages matters more than cramming every rarity onto one page.
A second dex beat (Black 2) frames Patrat as extremely cautious, one of them will always be on the lookout, but it won’t notice a foe coming from behind. Rotating that line on a sticky note beside the page keeps the spread feeling lived-in.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Nagelotz
Spanish
Patrat
French
Ratentif
Italian
Patrat
Japanese
ミネズミ
Japanese (Romaji)
Minezumi
Korean
보르쥐
Chinese (Simplified)
探探鼠
Chinese (Traditional)
探探鼠
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