Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Ampharos

DRIFR74· Uncommon
Team Rocket's Ampharos DRI 74

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
140
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
74/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
Shiburingaru

Its Ability

Darkest ImpulseImpulsion des plus Obscures

Whenever your opponent plays a Pokémon from their hand to evolve 1 of their Pokémon, put 4 damage counters on that Pokémon. The effect of Darkest Impulse doesn't stack.Chaque fois que votre adversaire joue un Pokémon de sa main pour faire évoluer l'un de ses Pokémon, placez 4 marqueurs de dégâts sur ce Pokémon-là. L'effet d'Impulsion des plus Obscures n'est pas cumulable.

Its attacks

Head BoltÉclair Frontal

140

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

    It has an Ability, Darkest Impulse. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Sylveon runs it in 1 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 1 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Team Rocket's Flaaffy to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 875 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

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
Sylveon1 of 221DRI 74

When it came out

Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.

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 39 Ampharos cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Ampharos card and its price