Team Rocket’s Moltres ex, Crobat ex, and More from “The Glory of Team Rocket” Revealed!

By: Water Pokémon Master · Posted Posted onApr 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM · 66 Comments

A new batch of cards from The Glory of Team Rocket has just been revealed at Japan’s Champions League! The set will release in Japan on April 18th and become part of our Destined Rivals set in May 30th.

Thanks goes to JustInBasil for the translations!

Team Rocket’s Moltres ex – Fire – HP220
Basic Pokemon

[R][C][C] Flame Screen: 110 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokémon takes 50 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

[R][C][C][C] Evil Burn: Discard a Team Rocket’s Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, discard your opponent’s Active Pokémon and all attached cards.

Pokemon ex rule: When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 2

Team Rocket’s Articuno – Water – HP120
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Resistant Veil
Prevent all effects of your opponent’s Pokémon’s attacks done to your Basic Team Rocket’s Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)

[W][C][C] Dark Frost: 60+ damage. If this Pokémon has Team Rocket Energy attached, this attack does 60 more damage.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Zapdos – Lightning – HP120
Basic Pokemon

[C][C] Jamming Wing: 30 damage. You may move an Energy from your opponent’s Active Pokémon to 1 of their Benched Pokémon.

[L][C][C] Bad Thunder: 60+ damage. If this Pokémon has Team Rocket Energy attached, this attack does 60 more damage.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Koffing – Darkness – HP70
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Alert Smog
If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot and is damaged by an attack from your opponent’s Pokémon (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), search your deck for up to 2 Pokémon with Koffing in their name and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.

[D][C] Gas Leak: 30 damage.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Weezing – Darkness – HP130
Stage 1 – Evolves from Team Rocket’s Koffing

[D][C] All-Out Explosion: 40x damage. This attack does 40 damage for each Pokémon in play with Koffing or Weezing in its name.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Zubat – Darkness – HP50
Basic Pokemon

[D] Poison Spray: Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Golbat – Darkness – HP80
Stage 1 – Evolves from Team Rocket’s Zubat

Ability: Sneaky Bite
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.

[D] Confuse Ray: 30 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Confused.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Crobat ex – Darkness – HP310
Stage 1 – Evolves from Team Rocket’s Zubat

Ability: Bite About
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may put 2 damage counters on 2 of your opponent’s Pokémon.

[D][D] Assassin’s Return: 120 damage. You may put this Pokémon into your hand. (Discard all attached cards.)

Pokemon ex rule: When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Sneasel – Darkness – HP80
Basic Pokemon

[D] Scratch: 20 damage.

[D][D] Backstab: This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon for each damage counter already on that Pokémon (don’t apply Weakness or Resistance for Benched Pokémon).

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Team Rocket’s Great Ball – Trainer
Item

Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for an Evolution Team Rocket’s Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If tails, search your deck for a Basic Team Rocket’s Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

You may play as many Item cards during your turn as you like.

Team Rocket’s Venture Bomb – Trainer
Item

Flip a coin. If heads, put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. If tails, put 2 damage counters on your Active Pokémon.
You may play as many Item cards during your turn as you like.

Team Rocket’s Petrel – Trainer
Supporter

Search your deck for a Trainer card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Team Rocket’s Proton – Trainer
Supporter

If you go first, you may use this card during your first turn.

Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Team Rocket’s Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

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Poor Articuno, he missed the ex in both 151 and this set. Though if it makes him feel better, I did a quick google search and the pose in the art is a reference to Rocket's Articuno ex from gen 3, and I couldn't find references for the other 2.
 
Matteloop said:
Every trainer ex has gotten a sir so far.
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I mean, there’s a first time for everything. The connecting illustration rare set in each Japanese expansion was always an ex line until Tinkaton in Paldean Treasures, and was at least all Pokémon until the Perrin and Hisuian Growlithe. The last Japanese set didn’t even have connecting illustration rares.
Speaking of which… no SIR Supporter in Journey Together. That’s another pattern broken.
 
Rocket’s Collector on steroids, Rocket’s Skyla, Rocket’s Capturing Aroma… honestly? Rocket’s Collector is already enough to make this deck work. Everything else is just added bonus. The engine looks ridiculously good.
 
creg22 said:
The crobat is close enough, welcome back RS inteleon vmax
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That card was one of my favorite pokemon ever printed and I never even got to use it in its prime because it was abnormally expensive in PTCGO. I want them to reprint that card's text some day...maybe on Mega Lopunny ex?
 
ViridiVioletear said:
Rocket’s Collector on steroids, Rocket’s Skyla, Rocket’s Capturing Aroma… honestly? Rocket’s Collector is already enough to make this deck work. Everything else is just added bonus. The engine looks ridiculously good.
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Forget Rocket’s Collector, this is Rocket’s Mentor. Remember Team Rocket’s Receiver? We almost got a new Holon engine, and now Big Pokémon Trafficking is gatekeeping it.
 
creg22 said:
The crobat is close enough, welcome back RS inteleon vmax
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I’d consider TR’s Crobat ex a combination between that and the Crobat from Phantom Forces, the amount of damage dealt and the amount of Pokémon it deals said damage to matches Inteleon VMAX but what triggers the Ability is taken from Phantom Forces Crobat.

Heck, Phantom Forces Golbat and Team Rocket’s Golbat have the exact same Sneaky Bite Ability.
 
We got Zapdos SIR in 151, Articuno IR in JT, and now it seems we may get a Moltres SIR in DR. Neat. Also, nice, we might be getting an SIR of Crobat as well.
 
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