Here Comes Team Rocket! (Team Rocket 15)

Trainer Supporter
Here Comes Team Rocket!
ロケット団参上! Rocket Gang Comes Calling!
HereComesTeamRocketEXTeamRocketReturns111.jpg
EX Team Rocket Returns print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
English expansion Team Rocket
Rarity Rare Holo
English card no. 15/82
Japanese expansion Rocket Gang
Japanese Rarity SuperRare Holo
Expansion Team Rocket
Rarity Rare
English card no. 71/82
Card GB 2 set Promotion Card
Card GB 2 ID PXX
English expansion EX Team Rocket Returns
Rarity Rare Secret
English card no. 111/109
Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back
Japanese Rarity Rare Holo
Japanese card no. 085/085
English expansion Evolutions
Rarity Rare Secret
English card no. 113/108
Japanese expansion Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary
Japanese Rarity U
Japanese card no. 103/087
Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 278/XY-P
English expansion Celebrations
Rarity Rare Classic
English card no. 15/82
Japanese expansion Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition
Japanese card no. 006/025

Here Comes Team Rocket! (Japanese: ロケット団参上! Rocket Gang Comes Calling!) is a Supporter card. It was first released in the Team Rocket expansion as a Trainer card.

Card text

Team Rocket print
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
  FLARE
  (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1   card with the same name in your deck. If a   card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
 
 
 
 
 
{{{ruletext}}}
VSTAR Power
Each player plays with his or her Prize cards face up for the rest of the game.
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing
 
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
EX Team Rocket Returns print
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
  FLARE
  (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1   card with the same name in your deck. If a   card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
 
 
 
 
 
You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.
VSTAR Power
Each player plays with his or her Prize cards face up for the rest of the game.
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing
 
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
Evolutions print
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
  You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
  FLARE
  (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1   card with the same name in your deck. If a   card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
 
 
 
 
 
{{{ruletext}}}
VSTAR Power
Each player turns all of his or her Prize cards face up. (Those Prize cards remain face up for the rest of the game.)
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing
 
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
 
Do Nothing  
At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.
You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).


Release information

This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card with artwork by Ken Sugimori, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang expansion as a Holofoil card. It was reprinted as a Supporter card in the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion with new artwork by the same artist, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back expansion. It was reprinted as a retro card in the Evolutions expansion, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary subset, featuring the same artwork as the original print and an updated card template reminiscent of the Original Series layout. A Full Art XY-P Promotional print with artwork by Naoki Saito was available in the Japanese Team Rocket Special Case, released in February 2017. This print also features a card template reminiscent of the Original Era card layout.

The Team Rocket Holofoil print was rereleased in the Celebrations expansion's Classic Collection for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. This print features the 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork and lacks Wizards of the Coast from the copyright information. In Japan, it was reprinted as part of the Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition with a red and gold "25th" logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Both prints are Confetti Holofoil and have etching similar to Full Art cards.

Gallery

Team Rocket print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
EX Team Rocket Returns print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Evolutions print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
XY-P Promotional print
Illus. Naoki Saito
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


TCG GB2 Promotion Card sprite
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

  • The Team Rocket print was one of the first Holofoil Trainer cards in both English and Japanese. This was also the first Japanese card to feature a Super Rare rarity.
  • Unlike in the anime (with the exception for the first twenty-three episodes of Pokémon the Series: Black & White), Jessie's and James's clothes are colored black instead of white in the first print of this card, much like the Grunts of Team Rocket.

Origin

Jessie, James, and Meowth, the trio of Team Rocket agents constantly following Ash, are featured in the Team Rocket print's illustration.


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