Here Comes Team Rocket! (Team Rocket 15)

Trainer

^Supporter

Here Comes Team Rocket!
ロケット団参上! Rocket Gang Comes Calling!

	EX Team Rocket Returns print Illus. Ken Sugimori

English expansion	Team Rocket
Rarity
English card no.	15/82
Japanese expansion	Rocket Gang
Japanese Rarity

Expansion	Team Rocket
Rarity
English card no.	71/82

Card GB 2 set	Promotion Card
Card GB 2 ID	PXX

English expansion	EX Team Rocket Returns
Rarity
English card no.	111/109
Japanese expansion	Rocket Gang Strikes Back
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	085/085

English expansion	Evolutions
Rarity
English card no.	113/108
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	103/087

Japanese expansion	XY-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	278/XY-P

English expansion	Celebrations
Rarity
English card no.	15/82
Japanese expansion	Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition
Japanese card no.	006/025

Here Comes Team Rocket! (Japanese: ロケット団参上! Rocket Gang Comes Calling!) is a Supporter card. It was first released in the Team Rocket expansion as a Trainer card.

Card text

Team Rocket print

Each player plays with his or her Prize cards face up for the rest of the game.

EX Team Rocket Returns print

You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.

Each player plays with his or her Prize cards face up for the rest of the game.

Evolutions print

Each player turns all of his or her Prize cards face up. (Those Prize cards remain face up for the rest of the game.)

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card with artwork by Ken Sugimori, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang expansion as a Holofoil card. It was reprinted as a Supporter card in the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion with new artwork by the same artist, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back expansion. It was reprinted as a retro card in the Evolutions expansion, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary subset, featuring the same artwork as the original print and an updated card template reminiscent of the Original Series layout. A Full Art XY-P Promotional print with artwork by Naoki Saito was available in the Japanese Team Rocket Special Case, released in February 2017. This print also features a card template reminiscent of the Original Era card layout.

The Team Rocket Holofoil print was rereleased in the Celebrations expansion's Classic Collection for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. This print features the 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork and lacks Wizards of the Coast from the copyright information. In Japan, it was reprinted as part of the Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition with a red and gold "25th" logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Both prints are Confetti Holofoil and have etching similar to Full Art cards.

Gallery

Team Rocket print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

EX Team Rocket Returns print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolutions print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

XY-P Promotional print
Illus. Naoki Saito

TCG GB2 Promotion Card sprite

Trivia

The Team Rocket print was one of the first Holofoil Trainer cards in both English and Japanese. This was also the first Japanese card to feature a Super Rare rarity.
Unlike in the anime (with the exception for the first twenty-three episodes of Pokémon the Series: Black & White), Jessie's and James's clothes are colored black instead of white in the first print of this card, much like the Grunts of Team Rocket.

Origin

Jessie, and James, two members of the trio of Team Rocket agents constantly following Ash, are featured in all versions of this card's illustration. Meowth is usually also present, but is not in the EX Team Rocket Returns printing.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.