How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DRI 227/182 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.

Which set does it come from?

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

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Proton DRI 227/182

Name: Team Rocket's Proton DRI 227
Brand: Pokémon

DRIJPUltra Rare

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Versions of this card

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DRI 177Destined RivalsUncommonYou receiveWe cannot estimate this card right now.
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ASC 208Ascended HeroesUncommonYou receiveWe cannot estimate this card right now.

What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DRI 227/182 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Destined Rivals set, released here on 30 May 2025.

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.

Regulation mark: I
Number: 227/182
Set: Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by: Naoki Saito

If you go first, you may use this card during your first turn. Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Team Rocket's Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.このカードは、先攻プレイヤーの最初の番でも使える。自分の山札からたねポケモンの「ロケット団のポケモン」を3枚まで選び、相手に見せて、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。

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 Mewtwo ex runs it in 78 of the 78 lists we have read, seen across 68 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Team Rocket's Proton 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 Mewtwo ex	78 of 78	68	DRI 177
Team Rocket's Honchkrow	77 of 77	68	DRI 177
Team Rocket's Spidops	25 of 27	23	DRI 177
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	16 of 24	16	DRI 177
Hydreigon ex	2 of 65	2	DRI 177
Joltik	1 of 36	1	DRI 177