The cardDRI 20 · DRI 187 · ASC 19
Team Rocket's Spidops

Team Rocket's Spidops

Team Rocket's Spidops has appeared in several sets: Destined Rivals (DRI 20) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 19). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

What the card itself says

Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.

HP130
TypeGrass
StageStage 1
Retreat cost2
WeaknessFire ×2
Regulation markI

ITS ABILITY

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

ITS ATTACKS

Rocket Rush30×Grass + ColorlessThis attack does 30 damage for each of your Team Rocket's Pokémon in play.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • It has an Ability, Charging Up. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
  • Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex runs it in 37 of the 37 lists we have read, seen across 36 different tournaments.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,150 tournament lists we have read, 793 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What it costs

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Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex37 of 3736DRI 20
Team Rocket's Spidops14 of 1414DRI 20
rocket-nidoking-ex8 of 228DRI 20
Mega Charizard X ex1 of 381DRI 20
mega-latias-ex1 of 81DRI 20

When it came out

Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. That is 63 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Where to find it

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