Team Rocket's Giovanni (Destined Rivals 174)

Trainer Supporter

Team Rocket's Giovanni ロケット団のサカキ Rocket Gang's Sakaki

Ascended Heroes print Illus. DOM English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 174/182 Japanese expansion Glory of the Rocket Gang Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 093/098 English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 225/182 Japanese expansion Glory of the Rocket Gang Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 121/098 English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 238/182 Japanese expansion Glory of the Rocket Gang Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 129/098 English expansion Ascended Heroes Rarity English card no. 204/217 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 270/SV-P Japanese expansion MEGA Dream ex Japanese card no. 178/193 Japanese expansion Start Deck 100 Battle Collection Japanese card no. 733/742

Team Rocket's Giovanni (Japanese: ロケット団のサカキ Rocket Gang's Sakaki) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Destined Rivals expansion.

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• Release information
  • Gallery
• Trivia
  • Origin
• In other languages
• References

Card text

All prints

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

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VSTAR Power

Switch your Active Team Rocket's Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Team Rocket's Pokémon. If you do, switch in 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon to the Active Spot.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art ultra rare card, and a special illustration rare card in the Destined Rivals expansion, first released in the Japanese Glory of the Rocket Gang expansion. The Regular and Full Art ultra rare prints feature artwork by akagi, while the special illustration rare print features artwork by Krgc. A Cosmos Holofoil variant of the Destined Rivals Regular print was made available in the Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex Box from June 13, 2025.

In Japan, this card was reprinted as an SV-P Promotional card with new artwork by DOM and was released as part of a collaboration between the Pokémon TCG and Suntory's BOSS Coffee brand. Starting May 20, 2025, participating retailers began to sell campaign-branded Simply Dilute Craft BOSS Café products. For as long as stocks lasted, 2-packs of sugar-free or mildly sweetened Craft BOSS Café bottles came packaged with a copy of this print, which features the BOSS Coffee logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. The SV-P Promotional print is included in the English Ascended Heroes special expansion.

In Japan, the Regular print of this card from Destined Rivals is reprinted in the MEGA Dream ex subset and the Start Deck 100 Battle Collection.

Gallery

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Trivia

Origin

Giovanni is the leader of Team Rocket. The special illustration rare print of this card features Giovanni alongside Team Rocket Executives Ariana, Archer, Petrel, and Proton, along with two Team Rocket Grunts—all of these characters are primarily featured in the Japanese Glory of the Rocket Gang expansion in which this card was first released.

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		ロケット団のサカキ Rocket-dan no Sakaki
Chinese	Cantonese	火箭隊的坂木 Fójin Déui dīk Báanmuhk
	Mandarin	火箭隊的坂木 / 火箭队的坂木 Huǒjiàn Duì de Bǎnmù
French		Giovanni de la Team Rocket
German		Team Rockets Giovanni
Indonesian		Giovanni Tim Roket
Italian		Giovanni del Team Rocket
Korean		로켓단의 비주기 Rocket-dan-ui Bijugi
Brazilian Portuguese		Giovanni da Equipe Rocket
Spanish	Latin America	Giovanni del Equipo Rocket
	Spain	Giovanni del Team Rocket
Thai		ซากากิแห่งแก๊งร็อกเกต Sakaki haeng Gang Rocket

References

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