• Skip to main content
PkmnCards
Pokémon TCG Card Search / Database
  • Search for Pokémon cards
  • Advanced
  • Sets
  • ???
  • e.g.,
  • Mr. Mime E4
  • Undaunted
  • #SM220
  • @maiko-fujiwara
  • retreat:zero
  • weak:c
  • rarity:rare-holo
  • evolves-from:scyther
  • resist:r
  • color:l
  • evolves-into:tranquill
  • type:technical-machine
  • pokemon:ekans
  • stage:break
  • hp:270
  • mark:f
  • series:other
  • collection:shiny-vault
  • is:lucky
  • (MCD11)
  • format:dp-on-modified-2010
  • has:pokemon-power
  • print-type:alternate
  • 🗣 “Hey! Learn our syntax here.”
  • Rocket’s Mission
    • Team Rocket Returns
    • 89 / 111
  • Rocket’s Tricky Gym
  • zoom 🔍
  • jpg (77 KB)
  • cred: P.P.

Rocket’s Poké Ball · Team Rocket Returns (TR) #89

  • Proxy:
    • +1
    • +2
    • +3
    • +4
  • 👀 735
  • 💬 7
$ / TCGplayer (12 hours ago) ↗
  • ↓ 1.80
  • ꩜ 2.30
  • ↑ 4.54
Rocket’s Poké Ball
Trainer › (Item) · is: Ball

Search your deck for a Pokémon with Dark in its name, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

illus. Ryo Ueda
EX › Team Rocket Returns (TR, EX7) › #89/109 : Uncommon · ↘ Nov 8, 2004
Formats: Modified: 2005, 2006
External: Pokemon.com ↗, Bulba ↗ · Shop: TCGplayer ↗, cardmarket ↗, eBay ↗

Rating

Overall: 68.18% (15 wins, 7 losses)

Within Set & Formats:

  • Team Rocket Returns: n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • HL-on (Modified 2006): 50% (1 win, 1 loss)
  • RS-on (Modified 2005): 50% (1 win, 1 loss)

Note: The rating system is currently disabled.

Reader Interactions

7 comments

  1. jelze

    (8 years ago)

    Did not know this existed. Assumed the The Boss’ Way was a good option for a Rocket deck. How wrong I was

    Reply
  2. Blob Takeshi

    (5 years ago)

    I like the custom evil team Poké Balls.

    Reply
  3. Lycan

    (1 year ago)

    Could this be used to search Darkrai in unlimited

    Reply
    • NosrednaLycan

      (1 year ago)

      I’m pretty sure recent cards that say things like “Search your deck for a card with Ball in its name” have been ruled to search only for cards with the word “Ball” so you can’t get something such as “Bursting Balloon”. So I assume it can only get a Pokemon with the actual word Dark and not one where dark is a piece of the whole name.

      Reply
      • OtakuNosredna

        (1 year ago)

        I can no longer find the ruling – Team Compendium’s website recently changed its setup – but yes, it was ruled they must have the full word “Dark”, parsed in that manner and in the correct place. Originally, players were asking about a Legendary Pokémon, but not Darkrai.

        Instead, years earlier, players asked about Rocket’s Zapdos (Gym Challenge) and card effects with a similar name requirement. If that sounds odd, remember that the Dark-in-name mechanic debuted in the Team Rocket expansion, just two sets before Gym Challenge. There were many cards that worked with Dark-in-name Pokémon, but not those with “Rocket’s” in their name. Rocket’s Zapdos was one of the best, so they tried using the fact it had the letters “d”, “a”, “r”, and “k” in its name (in the wrong order, as parts of other words) to try and get it counted. XD

        Reply
        • NosrednaOtaku

          (1 year ago)

          Now that’s stretching it lol. I understand the Darkrai issue, but if we were allowed to scramble the letters around that would be a whole different story

          Reply
  4. Nos

    (8 months ago)

    What makes this card better than “The Boss’s Way”? Dark Celebi I guess…

    Reply

Join the Discussion Cancel reply

Be kind; have fun. register / log in

  • Rocket’s Mission
    • Team Rocket Returns
    • 89 / 111
  • Rocket’s Tricky Gym
PkmnCards
Find
  • 🧠 Advanced
  • 🗣 Syntax
  • 🗳 Sets
  • 🪁 Formats
  • 🃏 Random (???)
Pk
  • 🛖 Home
  • 👋 About
  • 📨 Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Interact
  • Join Discord
  • Register
  • Log in
Other
  • 💬 Comments
  • Blog
  • 🤺 Battle Pit

The literal and graphical information presented on this website about the Pokémon Trading Card Game, including card text and images, are copyright The Pokémon Company (Pokémon), Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures, and/or Wizards of the Coast. This website is not produced by, endorsed by, supported by, or affiliated with The Pokémon Company (Pokémon), Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures, or Wizards of the Coast.

Card prices represent estimates and/or market values provided by our affiliates. No guarantee of accuracy is made for this information. See stores for actual, current prices. N.B. As an affiliate of TCGplayer, Amazon, and eBay PkmnCards earns from qualifying purchases.

All other content © 2011–2023 PkmnCards. ✌

“In times long past, governors of castles would invite [???] to create flower gardens to embellish the castle domains.”