What makes Team Rocket special
Team Rocket (2000) let you play as the villains. It introduced Dark Pokémon like Dark Charizard and Dark Blastoise, and hid the first ever secret rare: Dark Raichu, card 83 of 82.
Did you know?
- The set is built around Jessie, James and the villains of Pokémon Red and Blue, and its symbol is the Team Rocket R. en.wikipedia.org
- It introduced Dark Pokémon, such as Dark Charizard and Dark Dragonite, drawn with a brown and black art window. billsarchive.com
- Dark Raichu, numbered 83/82, was the very first secret rare card. Wizards of the Coast created it for the English set and it reached Japan later. flipsidegaming.com
- Here Comes Team Rocket!, Rocket's Sneak Attack and Rainbow Energy were the first holofoil Trainer and Energy cards. billsarchive.com
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Pokémon highlights
54 different Pokémon; most featured: Charizard (2 cards), Blastoise (2 cards), Arbok (2 cards).
All from Kanto.
Grass 22%Psychic 15%Water 15%Colorless 15%Fighting 13%
Featured artists
Kagemaru Himeno22 cards here · Dark Dugtrio
Mitsuhiro Arita21 cards here · Dark Raichu
Ken Sugimori14 cards here · Dark Alakazam
Sumiyoshi Kizuki9 cards here · Digger
Atsuko Nishida5 cards here · Eevee
Shin-ichi Yoshida4 cards here · Dark Weezing
Drawn by 9 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.