The Destined Rivals setlist

Destined Rivals is a Team Rocket set. 58 different card names in it start with "Team Rocket's", and the villains get the biggest card in the set in Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex. Pokémon's pitch is that you pick a side: join the heroes or back Giovanni.

The heroes get their own Trainer's Pokémon too. Ethan, Cynthia, Marnie, Arven, Steven and Misty all have cards here. If you only know one thing about this set, it's that the owner's name is part of the card: Ethan's Typhlosion evolves from Ethan's Quilava, not from any other Quilava.

Pokémon's own count is over 85 Trainer's Pokémon, more than 45 of them Team Rocket's, plus more than 15 Pokémon ex, over 20 Trainer cards and over 45 special illustrations. Our view: it's one of the better-looking Scarlet & Violet sets for collectors, because so much of the top end is built around characters people already love.

These are the twelve most valuable singles in the set, ranked by our own prices on 6 November 2026. The order moves over time, so the card list below has today's price for each one.

• Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex231/182Special Illustration Rare
• Cynthia's Garchomp ex232/182Special Illustration Rare
• Ethan's Ho-Oh ex230/182Special Illustration Rare
• Team Rocket's Crobat ex234/182Special Illustration Rare
• Ethan's Adventure236/182Special Illustration Rare
• Team Rocket's Nidoking ex233/182Special Illustration Rare
• Misty's Psyduck193/182Illustration Rare
• Misty's Lapras194/182Illustration Rare
• Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex240/182Hyper Rare
• Team Rocket's Meowth203/182Illustration Rare
• Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex213/182Ultra Rare
• Cynthia's Garchomp ex241/182Hyper Rare

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex is the headline at 231/182, and it also comes as an Ultra Rare and a gold Hyper Rare. Don't skip the Illustration Rares: Misty's Psyduck and Misty's Lapras sit above most of the Ultra Rares, which surprises people who rank cards by rarity alone.

Build & Battle Box

A 40-card deck that's ready to play, one of four foil promos and four booster packs. It's the simplest way to start playing this set. Once you know which side you're on, buy the singles you need from the list below.

See the Build & Battle Box

Buy the single, or open a display for the fun of it

On community figures, a specific Special Illustration Rare is about a 1 in 1,000 pack pull, and a 36-pack display doesn't come close to that. If you want one particular card, buy that card. If you want the fun of opening and a good run at the set, a display is the best way in.

See the Booster DisplayJump to the card list

Elite Trainer Box

Nine packs, a full-art Team Rocket's Wobbuffet promo, sleeves, Energy, dice and a storage box. It looks like a proper present and it's useful afterwards. The Pokémon Centre edition has eleven packs and two promos, so choose that one for a keener collector.

See the Elite Trainer BoxPokémon Centre edition

Single packs or a small bundle

A booster pack is the smallest commitment, and a Booster Bundle gives you six. A 3-Pack Blister adds a foil promo. You won't pull much from a handful of packs, but you'll see whether you like the set.

See booster packsBooster Bundle

What's in each product

Every card in the set, with its number and rarity. Tick off what you own and your progress stays in this browser, with no account needed. When you've ticked what you have, one button adds the singles you're missing to your basket.

The main set runs to 182 cards, and the other 62 are numbered above that. Pokémon doesn't publish official pull rates, so the odds below are a community estimate: TCGplayer's Authentication Center opened over 8,000 packs and published the results on 30 May 2025. Treat them as a good guide and not as a guarantee.

What that means for a 36-pack display: on these averages, about seven Double Rares, three Illustration Rares and two Ultra Rares. A Special Illustration Rare turns up in roughly one display in three, and a Hyper Rare in roughly one in four. Those are averages over a lot of packs, so your own box can do better or worse.

The same study puts completing each rarity by opening packs at about 249 packs for Double Rares, 1,037 for Illustration Rares, 1,273 for Ultra Rares and 3,020 for Special Illustration Rares. That's why we'd open for fun and finish the set with singles.

Grade the cards where the slab can pay for itself. In this set that means the Special Illustration Rares first, then the top Illustration Rares such as Misty's Psyduck and Misty's Lapras, and the Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex in all three versions. We wouldn't send in Commons, Uncommons or most Double Rares unless they matter to you personally.

Check centering before you pay for anything, because it's the fault you can measure at home. Our free tool gives you a reading from a photo.

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You don't need to know the rules to collect Destined Rivals, but if you'd like to play, our guide takes you from opening your first deck to finishing a game. A Build & Battle Box from this set gives you everything you need to try it.

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Written by Collector's Edge. Last checked 6 November 2026.

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