Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Golbat
Destined Rivals · #121 · Uncommon · 2025
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.18
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 121 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Zubat
- Evolves to
- Crobat
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- AKIRA EGAWA
- Pokédex #
- 42
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 30 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Golbat plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Team Rocket's Zubat; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Team Rocket's Golbat
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 2.67 copies on average · 221 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.0%
- -10.3 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 Crobat ex
in 99% of decks · 214 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 100% of decks · 216 seen
Team Rocket's Sneasel
in 65% of decks · 141 seen
Croconaw
in 7% of decks · 16 seen
Mega Feraligatr ex
in 7% of decks · 16 seen
Feraligatr
in 7% of decks · 16 seen
Team Rocket's Mimikyu
in 63% of decks · 136 seen
Team Rocket's Energy
in 93% of decks · 200 seen
More by AKIRA EGAWA
This card was illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA.
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About this card
"Its feet are tiny, but this Pokémon walks skillfully. It sneaks up on sleeping prey before sinking in its fangs and slurping up blood."
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.
DConfuse Ray — 30
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Team Rocket's Golbat was legal.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
66
ran Team Rocket's Golbat
Tournaments scanned
290
past 30 days
Competitive note
Seeing competitive play.
2 top-cut decks · best finish 7th
Top decks running Team Rocket's Golbat
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 | $0.19 | $19.98 | $0.18 | $0.07 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.09 | $0.35 | $40.00 | $0.32 | $0.33 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.27 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.26 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.20 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Golbat is real?
Team Rocket's Golbat 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 Golbat worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Golbat is $0.18; 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 Golbat from?
Team Rocket's Golbat is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Golbat?
Team Rocket's Golbat is a Uncommon card in the Destined Rivals set.
