The Pokémon Company has begun revealing new cards that will arrive in The Glory of Team Rocket, one half of the upcoming English set, Destined Rivals.
EnglishPokémonTCG sets are typically made up of two smaller Japanese sets. The forthcoming Destined Rivals set will be comprised of The Glory of Team Rocket and Heat Wave Arena. Heat Wave Arena was released in Japan this month, and The Glory of Team Rocket will follow on April 18th.
The Pokémon Companyhas begun revealing new cards in the lead-up to the set.
Today, the cards (viaPokeBeach) include Mareep, Flaffy,and Ampharos, all of which have the Team Rocket trainer tag. In this case, the card’s feature Ariana, one of the leaders of Team Rocket in the Johto games, Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
It’s unclear if these cards will be known as “Team Rocket’s Mareep,” in English, of if Ariana will get her own trainer tag like Giovanni.
The Team Rocket’s Ampharos card is a direct reference to Dark Ampharos from EX: Team Rocket Returns. That card featured the ability Darkest Impulse, which makes a return on this new cards, however, the ability has changed slightly.
The cards will be part of theDestined Rivalsset, which was revealed this week. On Tuesday, The Pokemon Company addressed issues that saw The Pokemon Center online storebecome unavailable for several hours.
You can check out the new cards below, as well as translations.
Team Rocket’s Mareep– Lightning – HP60Basic Pokemon
[C]Provision:Search your deck for an Item card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
[L] Petibolt: 10 damage.
Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Team Rocket’s Flaaffy– Lightning – HP90Stage 1 – Evolves from Team Rocket’s Mareep
[L][C] Thunder Shock: 50 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness: Fighting (x2)Resistance: noneRetreat: 1
Team Rocket’s Ampharos– Lightning – HP140Stage 2 – Evolves from Team Rocket’s Flaaffy
Ability: Darkest ImpulseWhen your opponent plays a Pokémon from their hand to evolve 1 of their Pokémon during their turn, put 4 damage counters on that Pokémon. The effect of Darkest Impulse doesn’t stack.
