How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TR 83/109 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Team Rocket Returns set, released here on 1 November 2004.

Copycat TR 83/109 Pokémon card

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TR 83/109 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Team Rocket Returns set, released here on 1 November 2004.

When it came out

Team Rocket Returns landed here on 1 November 2004.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Retreat cost: 0
Number: 83/109
Set: Team Rocket ReturnsTR
Illustrated by: Ken Sugimori

The French text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card. Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, count the number of cards in your opponent's hand and draw that many cards.

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.

A strength
It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.