Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Ekans
Destined Rivals · #112 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.12
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 112 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Arbok
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- KEIICHIRO ITO
- Pokédex #
- 23
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Ekans plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Team Rocket's Ekans
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3 copies on average · 32 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.5%
- -8.7 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Team Rocket's Arbok
in 97% of decks · 35 seen
Team Rocket's Dugtrio
in 50% of decks · 18 seen
Team Rocket's Diglett
in 50% of decks · 18 seen
Team Rocket's Nidorino
in 33% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Nidoran♂
in 33% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex
in 33% of decks · 12 seen
Gravity Gemstone
in 58% of decks · 21 seen
Perilous Jungle
in 31% of decks · 11 seen
More by KEIICHIRO ITO
This card was illustrated by KEIICHIRO ITO.
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About this card
"It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however."
CDrag Down
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
DGnaw — 10
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
23
ran Team Rocket's Ekans
Tournaments scanned
291
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Team Rocket's Ekans
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.12 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.02 | $0.21 | $20.00 | $0.12 | $0.08 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/25| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.05 |
| 30-day average | €0.03 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.08 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.11 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Ekans is real?
Team Rocket's Ekans is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Team Rocket's Ekans worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Ekans is $0.12; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Team Rocket's Ekans from?
Team Rocket's Ekans is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Ekans?
Team Rocket's Ekans is a Common card in the Destined Rivals set.
