Team Rocket

Dark Jolteon

RO38· Uncommon
Dark Jolteon RO 38

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What the card itself says

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HP
50
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
38/82
Set
Team RocketRO
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Lightning Flash

20

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Thunder Attack

30

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, Dark Jolteon does 10 damage to itself.

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. A strength

    Lightning Flash hits for 20 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Team Rocket hits harder for that price.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 875 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 landed here on 24 April 2000.

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 41 Jolteon cards on one page, priciest first.

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