Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Ampharos
Destined Rivals · #74 · Uncommon · 2025
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Market reference
$0.12
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 74 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Team Rocket's Flaaffy
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Shiburingaru
- Pokédex #
- 181
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 140 damage
- 46.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Ampharos plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Head Bolt) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 140 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Team Rocket's Flaaffy first).
How to beat Team Rocket's Ampharos
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 2 decks
More by Shiburingaru
This card was illustrated by Shiburingaru.
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About this card
"The bright light on its tail can be seen far away. It has been treasured since ancient times as a beacon."
Ability: Darkest Impulse
Whenever your opponent plays a Pokémon from their hand to evolve 1 of their Pokémon, put 4 damage counters on that Pokémon. The effect of Darkest Impulse doesn't stack.
LCCHead Bolt — 140
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.12 | $0.06 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.04 | $0.35 | $19.98 | $0.34 | $0.32 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.23 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.27 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.30 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Ampharos is real?
Team Rocket's Ampharos is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Team Rocket's Ampharos worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Ampharos is $0.12; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Team Rocket's Ampharos from?
Team Rocket's Ampharos is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Ampharos?
Team Rocket's Ampharos is a Uncommon card in the Destined Rivals set.
