Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Ekans

DRIFR112· Common
Team Rocket's Ekans DRI 112

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What the card itself says

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

HP
70
Type
Darkness
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
112/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
KEIICHIRO ITO

Its attacks

Drag DownTraction

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire est maintenant Paralysé.

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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

    Team Rocket's Nidoking ex runs it in 11 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 11 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

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

  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
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex11 of 2211DRI 112

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 18 Ekans cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Ekans card and its price