Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Tyranitar

DRIFR96· Rare
Team Rocket's Tyranitar DRI 96

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
180
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
96/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
Ryuta Fuse

Its Ability

Sand StreamSable Volant

During Pokémon Checkup, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, put 2 damage counters on each of your opponent's Basic Pokémon.Pendant le Contrôle Pokémon, si ce Pokémon est sur le Poste Actif, placez 2 marqueurs de dégâts sur chacun des Pokémon de base de votre adversaire.

Its attacks

Demolition TackleTacle Démolition

180

Discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.Défaussez une Énergie du 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, Sand Stream. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Team Rocket's Pupitar to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,349 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

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 46 Tyranitar cards on one page, priciest first.

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