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

Destined Rivals
Regular print
Illus. akagi
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 174/182
Japanese expansion Glory of the Rocket Gang
Japanese Rarity U
Japanese card no. 093/098
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Ultra Rare
English card no. 225/182
Japanese expansion Glory of the Rocket Gang
Japanese Rarity SR
Japanese card no. 121/098
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Special Illustration Rare
English card no. 238/182
Japanese expansion Glory of the Rocket Gang
Japanese Rarity SAR
Japanese card no. 129/098
English expansion Ascended Heroes
Rarity Uncommon
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.

Card text

All prints
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
FLARE
Prism Star (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1 Prism Star card with the same name in your deck. If a Prism Star card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
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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.
Ability
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.[1] 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.

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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 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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