Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Articuno

DRIFR51· Rare
Team Rocket's Articuno DRI 51

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What the card itself says

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

HP
120
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Number
51/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Repelling VeilVoile Repoussant

Prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to your Basic Team Rocket's Pokémon. (Existing effects are not removed. Damage is not an effect.)Évitez tous les effets infligés à vos Pokémon de la Team Rocket de base provenant des attaques utilisées par les Pokémon de votre adversaire. (Les effets déjà en action ne sont pas retirés. Les dégâts ne sont pas un effet.)

Its attacks

Dark FrostGivre Sombre

60+

If this Pokémon has any Team Rocket's Energy attached, this attack does 60 more damage.Si au moins une Énergie de la Team Rocket est attachée à ce Pokémon, cette attaque inflige 60 dégâts supplémentaires.

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

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

  3. A strength

    Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex runs it in 54 of the 54 lists we have read, seen across 50 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  5. A strength

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

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 336 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
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex54 of 5450DRI 51
Team Rocket's Honchkrow45 of 4641DRI 51
Team Rocket's Spidops24 of 2522DRI 51
Sylveon15 of 2215DRI 51
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex9 of 229DRI 51
Joltik8 of 318DRI 51
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant3 of 393DRI 51
Crustle2 of 742DRI 51
Dudunsparce2 of 292DRI 51
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex2 of 242DRI 51
Metagross2 of 362DRI 51
Feraligatr1 of 161DRI 51
Froslass / Munkidori1 of 321DRI 51
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce1 of 301DRI 51
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir1 of 491DRI 51
Wailord ex1 of 311DRI 51

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 40 Articuno cards on one page, priciest first.

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