Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €25.00. Played a little: €10.00. Worn: €5.00.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DRI 229/182 there. Its illustration is signed AKIRA EGAWA.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Destined Rivals set, released here on 30 May 2025.

It goes at about the same pace as the other cards we buy in Korean. Our pokoSCORE gives it 54 out of 100. At least 11 copies have sold since 9 September.

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Moltres ex DRI 229/182

DRIKOSpecial illustration rare

You receive

€25.00

54pokoSCORE

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Team Rocket's Moltres ex worth?

A copy in Korean, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €25.00 today. That’s the same price as a week ago.

Today · You get

€25.00

The same price as on 15 September

€25.00

15 SeptemberToday

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21 September	€25.00
22 September	€25.00
23 September	€25.00
24 September	€25.00
25 September	€25.00
26 September	€25.00
27 September	€25.00

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pokoSCORE

It goes at about the same pace as the other cards we buy in Korean.

Gone since 9 September: at least 11
For sale on 27 September: 50
For sale on 9 September: 42

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Team Rocket's Moltres ex DRI 229/182?: A copy in Korean, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €25.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €25.00. Played a little: €10.00. Worn: €5.00.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DRI 229/182 there. Its illustration is signed AKIRA EGAWA.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Destined Rivals set, released here on 30 May 2025.
Does it sell fast?: It goes at about the same pace as the other cards we buy in Korean. Our pokoSCORE gives it 54 out of 100. At least 11 copies have sold since 9 September.

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

What the card itself says

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

HP: 220
Type: Fire
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 229/182
Set: Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by: AKIRA EGAWA

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

Its attacks

Flame Screen

110

During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 50 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Evil Incineration

Discard a Team Rocket's Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, discard your opponent's Active Pokémon and all attached cards.

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
Team Rocket's Spidops runs it in 3 of the 27 lists we have read, seen across 3 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 438 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Team Rocket's Moltres ex 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
Team Rocket's Spidops	3 of 27	3	DRI 31
Hydreigon ex	2 of 65	2	DRI 31
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	2 of 78	2	DRI 31

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 42 Moltres cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Moltres card and its price