Team Rocket Returns

Dark Ariados

TRFR30· Uncommon
Dark Ariados TR 30

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What the card itself says

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HP
70
Type
GrassDarkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
30/109
Set
Team Rocket ReturnsTR
Illustrated by
Kyoko Koizumi

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Its attacks

Super Poison Breath

Each Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Breaking Impact

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage for each Colorless Energy in that Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

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.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,726 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,726 tournament lists we have read, 1,074 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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.

When it came out

Team Rocket Returns landed here on 1 November 2004.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 17 Ariados cards on one page, priciest first.

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