Look past the front-of-card pokemon and Raticate is there — 2 times across the TCG, drawn between 2001 and 2013. 5ban Graphics and Keiko Fukuyama's work shows up most often.
These cameos cluster in Plasma Freeze most heavily; 5ban Graphics accounts for 1 of the appearances.
These cards feature ice, dynamic, indeterminate and alert in their background art, illustrated by artists like 5ban Graphics and Keiko Fukuyama.
Raticate appears as a background cameo across 2 Pokémon cards.
These appearances range from clear sightings to barely-visible silhouettes, scattered across 2001–2013 of the TCG.
Each cameo rewards collectors who pause to look closely at the card art.