Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Golbat

DRIFR121· Uncommon
Team Rocket's Golbat DRI 121

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
80
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Number
121/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
AKIRA EGAWA

Its Ability

Sneaky BiteMorsure Sournoise

When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.Lorsque vous jouez ce Pokémon de votre main pour faire évoluer l'un de vos Pokémon pendant votre tour, vous pouvez placer 2 marqueurs de dégâts sur l'un des Pokémon de votre adversaire.

Its attacks

Confuse RayOnde Folie

30

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.Le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire est maintenant Confus.

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, Sneaky Bite. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Mega Feraligatr ex runs it in 5 of the 26 lists we have read, seen across 5 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 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
Mega Feraligatr ex5 of 265DRI 121
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir3 of 493DRI 121
Mega Starmie ex2 of 382DRI 121
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex1 of 541DRI 121
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex1 of 221DRI 121

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 26 Golbat cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Golbat card and its price