Dark Persian (Team Rocket 42)

Dark Persian LV.28
わるいペルシアン Bad Persian

Wizards Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Meowth

Card name

Dark Persian

Type

Colorless

HP

60

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost None

English expansion	Team Rocket
Rarity
English card no.	42/82
Japanese expansion	Rocket Gang
Japanese rarity

English expansion	Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no.	17
Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

TCG GB2 set	Team Rocket's Ambition
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	H32

TCG GB2 set	Promotion Card
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	P34

Expansion	Legendary Collection
Rarity
English card no.	6/110

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Persian.

Dark Persian (Japanese: わるいペルシアン Bad Persian) is a Colorless-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Team Rocket expansion.

Card text

Team Rocket and Legendary Collection prints

Fascinate

ゆうわく

Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon. This attack can't be used if your opponent has no Benched Pokémon.

Poison Claws

どくのつめ

10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Wizards Black Star Promotional print

Tempt

ゆうわく

If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon.

Poison Claws

どくのつめ

10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Pokédex data

Persian - Classy Cat Pokémon

No.

053

Height

3'3" (1 m)

Weight

71 lbs. (32 kg)

Pokédex entry

Popular with women because of its beautiful fur. The leader of the Rockets keeps one as a pet.

毛並みの美しさから、鑑賞用として飼う女性も多い。ロケット団のボスのペットでもある。

Release information

This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion with artwork by Shin-ichi Yoshida, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang expansion. An Unnumbered Promotional print featuring different artwork by Ken Sugimori was available as an insert with the third volume of Pokémon Card Fan Club, released on November 18, 1997. This print features Giovanni in the illustration. It was reprinted as a Wizards Black Star Promo and released as an insert in the August 2000 issue of Nintendo Power magazine. Unknown quantities of this print were erroneously printed without HP. The Team Rocket print was reprinted in the Legendary Collection as a Holofoil card.

Gallery

Team Rocket print
Illus. Shin-ichi Yoshida

Wizards Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Unnumbered Promotional print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Nintendo Power magazine insert

TCG GB2 Team Rocket's Ambition sprite

TCG GB2 Promotion Card sprite

Trivia

The Nintendo Power insert erroneously states that Dark Persian is a Basic Pokémon.
The Japanese Unnumbered Promotional print features the Rocket Gang symbol, indicating that it is a promotional addition to the expansion.

Origin

Fascinate and Tempt's Japanese names are that of Captivate, a move later introduced in the Generation IV Pokémon games that Persian can learn.

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