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Team Rocket's Spidops

Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Team Rocket's Spidops

Scarlet & Violet

Destined Rivals · #20 · Rare · 2025

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Market reference

$0.24

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Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position
20 / 244
Release year
2025
Rarity
Rare
HP
130
Subtype
Stage 1
Evolves from
Team Rocket's Tarountula
Retreat cost
2 energy
Regulation mark
I
Illustrator
Taiga Kasai
Pokédex #
918
Series
Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role
Ability Engine
Damage efficiency
30 damage
15 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

AttackerEnergy AccelerationRecovery

Strategy & play

How Team Rocket's Spidops plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

  • Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
  • Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
  • Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥65 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 Tarountula; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
  • Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.

How to beat Team Rocket's Spidops

  • Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥65 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
2% of decks
3.9 copies on average · 1046 decks
Match win rate
45.3%
-1.9 pts vs the 47.2% field average

More by Taiga Kasai

This card was illustrated by Taiga Kasai.

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About this card

HP: 130Type:GGrassSubtype: Stage 1Evolves from: Team Rocket's Tarountula

"It clings to branches and ceilings using its threads and moves without a sound. It takes out its prey before the prey even notices it."

Ability: Charging Up

Once during your turn, you may attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

GCRocket Rush — 30×

This attack does 30 damage for each of your Team Rocket's Pokémon in play.

Weakness:R×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal
standardLegal
unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).

Recent decks

242

ran Team Rocket's Spidops

Tournaments scanned

290

past 30 days

Competitive note

Currently a meta staple.

21 top-cut decks · best finish 1st

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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
VariantLowMidHighMarketDirect Low
Holofoil$0.01$0.25$19.98$0.24$0.24
Reverse Holofoil$0.01$0.34$19.98$0.32$0.28

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/05/12
VariantPrice
1-day average€0.08
7-day average€0.13
30-day average€0.13
Low€0.02
Trend price€0.12
Low (excellent+)€0.02
Reverse holo low€0.02
reverseHoloAvg1€0.06
Reverse holo 7-day€0.30
reverseHoloSell€0.27
averageSellPrice€0.14
Reverse holo 30-day€0.26
Reverse holo trend€0.35

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Spidops is real?

Team Rocket's Spidops 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 Spidops worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Spidops is $0.24; 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 Spidops from?

Team Rocket's Spidops is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Team Rocket's Spidops?

Team Rocket's Spidops is a Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.

Other Team Rocket's Spidops printings

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