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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Original Series era.
Rocket Gang is a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the Original Series era, released on November 21, 1997. It sits between Mystery of the Fossils and Challenge from the Darkness in the early Japanese run. The catalog lists 65 printings under the set code, and the set is built around the villainous Dark Pokémon, with Dark Charizard, Dark Dragonite and Dark Blastoise as its headline cards. Its cards reached English later as Team Rocket, which makes Rocket Gang the original home of these Dark Pokémon designs.
Rocket Gang was released November 21, 1997.
Rocket Gang has 65 cards.
Rocket Gang is part of the Original Series era.
Dark Charizard, at $211.70, as of November 13, 2026.
1 card in Rocket Gang sits at one of its hit rarities. See this set's hits page for the full breakdown by rarity.
The rarity ladder in Rocket Gang is short: commons and uncommons fill most of the card list, 16 Holo Rares carry the Dark Pokémon, and a single chase-tier Super Rare Holo sits at the top. The most valuable cards are Dark Charizard, Dark Dragonite and Dark Blastoise, all Holo Rares, followed by Here Comes Team Rocket!, the Super Rare Holo. Even a common, Grimer, reaches the top five by value. Value is heavily concentrated, with the top five cards holding 60 percent of the set's total card value.
As of October 2026, Rocket Gang holds the 3rd highest total card value among the 8 comparable Original Series sets, about 1.1 times the era median, and its top card ranks 4th in the era for single-card value. It also ranks 2nd for trading activity in its era, and 47th across the whole game. Mystery of the Fossils before it holds similar total value, while Challenge from the Darkness after it holds more. Its cards reached English as Team Rocket, which came 29 months after the Japanese release, with 52 cards shared between the two.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setRocket Gang | Median of 8 setsOriginal Series median | Previous setMystery of the Fossils | Next setChallenge from the Darkness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Nov 21, 1997 | — | Jun 21, 1997 | Jun 25, 1998 |
| Cards | 65 | 81 | 48 | 99 |
| Master set value | $1,009.26 | $995.27 | $937.33 | $2,148.19 |
| Most valuable card price | $211.70 | $224.99 | $238.27 | $788.00 |
| Priced cards | 65 of 65 | 61 | 48 of 48 | 99 of 99 |
Completing Rocket Gang means finding all 65 printings, and every one of them is priced. Because 60 percent of the set's total card value sits in just five cards, the cost of a complete run is driven mostly by the Dark Pokémon holos and the Super Rare Holo. The 30 commons and 18 uncommons make up the bulk of the checklist but carry little of the set's total value, so the last handful of chase cards decide how demanding a full Rocket Gang master set becomes.
Dark AlakazamRocket Gang · p575741$38.66-1.3%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
Dark HypnoRocket Gang · p575749$24.580.0%38Quant score38 / 100
Dark CharmeleonRocket Gang · p575759$5.58+1.5%70Quant score70 / 100
Dark DugtrioRocket Gang · p575746$19.010.0%69Quant score69 / 100
Rocket's Sneak AttackRocket Gang · p575756$12.970.0%16Quant score16 / 100
Dark DragonairRocket Gang · p575760$4.250.0%28Quant score28 / 100
Dark WeezingRocket Gang · p575754$9.490.0%21Quant score21 / 100
Dark JolteonRocket Gang · p575765$6.55+2.0%33Quant score33 / 100
Dark GolduckRocket Gang · p575764$1.910.0%23Quant score23 / 100
SquirtleRocket Gang · p575738$3.350.0%16Quant score16 / 100
SlowpokeRocket Gang · p575737$2.970.0%69Quant score69 / 100
Dark KadabraRocket Gang · p575766$2.740.0%55Quant score55 / 100
MagikarpRocket Gang · p575727$1.920.0%48Quant score48 / 100
Dark RapidashRocket Gang · p575715$1.870.0%69Quant score69 / 100
MeowthRocket Gang · p575730$1.800.0%69Quant score69 / 100
OddishRocket Gang · p575731$1.230.0%27Quant score27 / 100
Dark RaticateRocket Gang · p575716$1.420.0%11Quant score11 / 100
Dark PersianRocket Gang · p575714$0.970.0%25Quant score25 / 100