Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Pupitar
Destined Rivals · #95 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.19
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 95 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Larvitar
- Evolves to
- Tyranitar
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Izucch
- Pokédex #
- 247
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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 Pupitar plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥50 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 Larvitar; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Team Rocket's Pupitar
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 3 decks
Illustrated by Izucch
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About this card
"This pupa flies around wildly by venting with great force the gas pressurized inside its body."
CExplosive Ascension — 30
Search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Team Rocket's Pupitar or Destined Rivals.
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #17 | TCG Live
Aug 3, 2026
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #19 25 Codes
Aug 3, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #8 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 4, 2026
🇧🇷 33° Torneio Padrão do Zap! Especial Códigos
Aug 4, 2026
🇧🇷 Hit Cup #13 | TCG Live
Aug 5, 2026
Pudding Weekly #7 | Taco Tuesday!
Aug 5, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Team Rocket's Pupitar was legal.
Sunny's Weekly #267 Return of the Kingdra!
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XII 4FUN PTCG LIVE
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Pumpkaweekly
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🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
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SEASAC League Challenge #7 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
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⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
5
ran Team Rocket's Pupitar
Tournaments scanned
292
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Team Rocket's Pupitar
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 | $0.20 | $20.00 | $0.19 | $0.05 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.04 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.26 | $0.14 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.08 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.12 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.13 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Pupitar is real?
Team Rocket's Pupitar 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 Pupitar worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Pupitar is $0.19; 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 Pupitar from?
Team Rocket's Pupitar is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Pupitar?
Team Rocket's Pupitar is a Common card in the Destined Rivals set.
