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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the PCG era.
Rocket Gang Strikes Back is a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the PCG era, released on November 19, 2004. The card list runs to 85 printings, and the set's identity comes through its headline cards: Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Rocket's Suicune ex and Rocket's Scyther ex lead the value ranking, backed by Dark Slowking and Dark Ampharos. Team Rocket ownership of the Pokémon is the theme, with the Rocket's and Dark prefixes running through the top of the set. Anyone browsing the card list will find a compact release built around that single storyline.
Rocket Gang Strikes Back was released November 19, 2004.
Rocket Gang Strikes Back has 85 cards.
Rocket Gang Strikes Back is part of the PCG era.
Treecko Star, at $4,800.00, as of November 6, 2026.
Rocket Gang Strikes Back is built on a short rarity ladder of commons, uncommons, rares and 28 holo rares, with three Shiny Rare cards forming its chase tier. Most of the money sits in the holo rares: Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Rocket's Suicune ex and Rocket's Scyther ex take the top three places among the most valuable cards, followed by Dark Slowking and Dark Ampharos. The top five cards alone hold 55 percent of the set's total card value, which makes the headline holos the main reason to pursue it.
As of October 2026, Rocket Gang Strikes Back holds the 3rd highest total card value of the 10 comparable PCG sets, about 1.4 times the era median, and 30th across the whole Japanese game. Its single most valuable card ranks 6th among the era's top cards. It followed Clash of the Blue Sky, which holds less total value, and came before Golden Sky, Silvery Ocean, which holds similar value. Its cards reached English readers in Team Rocket Returns, released on November 1, 2004. That English set came 3 weeks before this Japanese release, and the two share 84 cards.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setRocket Gang Strikes Back | Median of 10 setsPCG median | Previous setClash of the Blue Sky | Next setGolden Sky, Silvery Ocean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Nov 19, 2004 | — | Jul 1, 2004 | Apr 8, 2005 |
| Cards | 85 | 83 | 82 | 106 |
| Master set value | ≥ $12,806.22 | $1,745.34 | ≥ $10,276.92 | ≥ $5,497.73 |
| Most valuable card price | $4,800.00 | $450.00 | $6,480.00 | $1,250.00 |
| Priced cards | 82 of 85 | 78 | 81 of 82 | 103 of 106 |
Rocket Gang Strikes Back has 85 catalog printings, of which 59 are priced. Because the top five cards hold 55 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of a complete set depends mostly on the Rocket's ex holos and the other leading Dark and Rocket cards, while the commons, uncommons and rares fill out the list cheaply by comparison.