Team Rocket

Series: Base

Release date: April 24, 2000

Cards: 82 (1 secret)

Set code: BASE5

Dark Pokémon arrive with this expansion, framed in brown and black instead of gold and given more damage with less HP than the ordinary versions, the story being that Team Rocket raised them badly. Because the word Dark belongs to the card name, a deck may hold four Dark Charizard and four plain Charizard at once. Holofoil Trainer and Energy cards appear for the first time at numbers fifteen, sixteen and seventeen, Here Comes Team Rocket!, Rocket's Sneak Attack and Rainbow Energy, which starts its long run in the game here. Full Heal Energy and Potion Energy close the numbered list and were the first Special Energy cards to do something besides provide Energy. Devastation and Trouble were the theme decks, and this was the first English expansion whose boosters shipped without a cardboard backed blister, the Italian release aside. Arita took the Dark Blastoise, Dark Machamp and Dark Dragonite, Ken Sugimori the Dark Charizard and Dark Alakazam, Kagemaru Himeno the Dark Gyarados. Team Rocket (BASE5) was released on April 24, 2000 in the Base series, with 82 cards plus 1 secret rares. Its most expensive card is Dark Charizard #4 (Rare Holo), at $168.00 (median of 13 sales over 7 days, September 30, 2026).

Team Rocket Card List

83 cards · 4 products

Dark Alakazam

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #1/82

$46.35

Dark Arbok

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #2/82

$14.05

Dark Blastoise

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #3/82

$116.92

Dark Charizard

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #4/82

$168.00

Dark Dragonite

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #5/82

$108.26

Dark Dugtrio

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #6/82

$29.50

Dark Golbat

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #7/82

$23.50

Dark Gyarados

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #8/82

$34.96

Dark Hypno

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #9/82

$34.00

Dark Machamp

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #10/82

$34.44

Dark Magneton

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #11/82

$26.22

Dark Slowbro

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #12/82

$49.94

Dark Vileplume

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #13/82

$26.42

Dark Weezing

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #14/82

$7.32

Here Comes Team Rocket!

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #15/82

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Rocket's Sneak Attack

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #16/82

$14.68

Rainbow Energy

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #17/82

$15.49

Dark Alakazam

Team Rocket

Rare - #18/82

$10.00

Dark Arbok

Team Rocket

Rare - #19/82

$4.98

Dark Blastoise

Team Rocket

Rare - #20/82

$21.55

Dark Charizard

Team Rocket

Rare - #21/82

$54.84

Dark Dragonite

Team Rocket

Rare - #22/82

$20.00

Dark Dugtrio

Team Rocket

Rare - #23/82

$5.23

Dark Golbat

Team Rocket

Rare - #24/82

$6.76

Dark Gyarados

Team Rocket

Rare - #25/82

$14.92

Dark Hypno

Team Rocket

Rare - #26/82

$7.37

Dark Machamp

Team Rocket

Rare - #27/82

$6.88

Dark Magneton

Team Rocket

Rare - #28/82

$5.47

Dark Slowbro

Team Rocket

Rare - #29/82

$8.53

Dark Vileplume

Team Rocket

Rare - #30/82

$6.37

Dark Weezing

Team Rocket

Rare - #31/82

$5.88

Dark Charmeleon

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #32/82

$5.83

Dark Dragonair

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #33/82

$5.53

Dark Electrode

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #34/82

$2.46

Dark Flareon

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #35/82

$5.90

Dark Gloom

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #36/82

$2.03

Dark Golduck

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #37/82

$3.44

Dark Jolteon

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #38/82

$6.00

Dark Kadabra

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #39/82

$3.72

Dark Machoke

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #40/82

$2.45

Dark Muk

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #41/82

$2.06

Dark Persian

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #42/82

$2.62

Dark Primeape

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #43/82

$3.02

Dark Rapidash

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #44/82

$3.02

Dark Vaporeon

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #45/82

$3.99

Dark Wartortle

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #46/82

$2.92

Magikarp

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #47/82

$2.93

Porygon

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #48/82

$2.48

Abra

Team Rocket

Common - #49/82

$1.99

Charmander

Team Rocket

Common - #50/82

$3.87

Dark Raticate

Team Rocket

Common - #51/82

$1.96

Diglett

Team Rocket

Common - #52/82

$0.84

Dratini

Team Rocket

Common - #53/82

$2.70

Drowzee

Team Rocket

Common - #54/82

$0.69

Eevee

Team Rocket

Common - #55/82

$2.66

Ekans

Team Rocket

Common - #56/82

$1.74

Grimer

Team Rocket

Common - #57/82

$1.81

Koffing

Team Rocket

Common - #58/82

$1.73

Machop

Team Rocket

Common - #59/82

$1.34

Magnemite

Team Rocket

Common - #60/82

$0.99

Mankey

Team Rocket

Common - #61/82

$1.67

Meowth

Team Rocket

Common - #62/82

$1.46

Oddish

Team Rocket

Common - #63/82

$0.81

Ponyta

Team Rocket

Common - #64/82

$0.67

Psyduck

Team Rocket

Common - #65/82

$3.80

Rattata

Team Rocket

Common - #66/82

$1.48

Slowpoke

Team Rocket

Common - #67/82

$0.27

Squirtle

Team Rocket

Common - #68/82

$4.89

Voltorb

Team Rocket

Common - #69/82

$1.82

Zubat

Team Rocket

Common - #70/82

$0.62

Here Comes Team Rocket!

Team Rocket

Rare - #71/82

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Rocket's Sneak Attack

Team Rocket

Rare - #72/82

$5.37

The Boss's Way

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #73/82

$1.45

Challenge!

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #74/82

$2.68

Digger

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #75/82

—

Imposter Oak's Revenge

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #76/82

$3.60

Nightly Garbage Run

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #77/82

—

Goop Gas Attack

Team Rocket

Common - #78/82

$0.56

Sleep!

Team Rocket

Common - #79/82

$0.76

Rainbow Energy

Team Rocket

Rare - #80/82

$6.99

Full Heal Energy

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #81/82

$0.77

Potion Energy

Team Rocket

Uncommon - #82/82

$2.25

Dark Raichu

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #83/82

$70.08

Team Rocket stamped variants (1)

Dark Gyarados (Prerelease)

Team Rocket

Rare Holo - #8/82

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Team Rocket Sealed Products (4)

Team Rocket Booster

Team Rocket

Pokemon

$594.14

Qty: 0

Team Rocket Pokemon Booster Box

Team Rocket

Pokemon

$19,092.25

Qty: 0

Team Rocket Theme Deck - Devastation

Team Rocket

Pokemon

—

Qty: 0

Team Rocket Theme Deck - Trouble

Team Rocket

Pokemon

—

Qty: 0

Team Rocket Chase Cards

Dark CharizardRare Holo · #4$168.00

Dark BlastoiseRare Holo · #3$116.92

Dark DragoniteRare Holo · #5$108.26

Dark RaichuRare Holo · #83$70.08

Dark CharizardRare · #21$54.84

Dark SlowbroRare Holo · #12$49.94

Dark AlakazamRare Holo · #1$46.35

Dark GyaradosRare Holo · #8$34.96

Dark MachampRare Holo · #10$34.44

Dark HypnoRare Holo · #9$34.00

See the full Team Rocket chase cards list

Team Rocket illustrators

Frequently asked questions

When was Team Rocket released?

Team Rocket released on April 24, 2000.

How many cards are in Team Rocket?

Team Rocket contains 82 official cards, plus 1 secret rares and bonus cards, for a total of 83 cards.

How many Secret Rares are in Team Rocket?

There are 1 secret rare cards in Team Rocket.

What is the most expensive card in Team Rocket?

The most expensive card in Team Rocket is Dark Charizard #4 (Rare Holo), at $168.00: the median of 13 completed sales over the last 7 days, as of September 30, 2026.

What went wrong with the copyright line on Team Rocket's Dark Arbok?

Both Dark Arbok cards in Team Rocket, the holofoil numbered 2 and the non holofoil numbered 19, were printed with a stray 3 inside the copyright line, so it reads 23000 instead of 2000. The mistake was never corrected inside the set: only the stamped promo copy given away at the Hong Kong Pokémon League in February 2001 carries the right date.

Other sets in this series

Base Set 2 Fossil Jungle Trainer Deck A Trainer Deck B Base Set