Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Orbeetle

DRIFR89· Uncommon
Team Rocket's Orbeetle DRI 89

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
130
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Number
89/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
Shin Nagasawa

Its Ability

Rocket BrainCerveau Rocket

As often as you like during your turn, you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your Team Rocket's Pokémon to another of your Pokémon.Autant de fois que vous le voulez pendant votre tour, vous pouvez déplacer un marqueur de dégâts de l'un de vos Pokémon de la Team Rocket vers un autre de vos Pokémon.

Its attacks

PsychicPsyko

40+

This attack does 40 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.Cette attaque inflige 40 dégâts supplémentaires pour chaque Énergie attachée au Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire.

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

  2. A strength

    Team Rocket's Nidoking ex runs it in 2 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 2 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 Dottler to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,313 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 ex2 of 222DRI 89

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 14 Orbeetle cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Orbeetle card and its price