How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read JTG 181/159 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Journey Together set, released here on 28 March 2025.

Journey Together

Ruffian JTG 181/159

Name: Ruffian JTG 181
Brand: Pokémon

JTGKOUltra Rare

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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 JTG 181/159 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Journey Together set, released here on 28 March 2025.

When it came out

Journey Together landed here on 28 March 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 24 January 2025, under the code SV9. That is 63 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

Regulation mark: I
Number: 181/159
Set: Journey TogetherJTGSet guide
Illustrated by: Hideki Ishikawa

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

Discard a Pokémon Tool and a Special Energy from 1 of your opponent's 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.

A strength
Hop's Trevenant runs it in 19 of the 62 lists we have read, seen across 19 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Ruffian plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Hop's Trevenant	19 of 62	19	JTG 157
Dudunsparce	18 of 30	16	JTG 157
Dhelmise	6 of 70	6	JTG 157
Hop's Zacian ex	6 of 48	6	JTG 157
N's Zoroark ex	6 of 70	6	JTG 157
Dragapult ex	2 of 64	2	JTG 157
Mega Absol ex	2 of 49	2	JTG 157
Mega Chandelure ex	2 of 61	2	JTG 157
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	1 of 35	1	JTG 157
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce	1 of 71	1	JTG 157
Hydreigon ex	1 of 65	1	JTG 157
Mega Darkrai ex	1 of 54	1	JTG 157
Wailord ex	1 of 33	1	JTG 157