Skip to card catalogue

← English card catalogue

Team Rocket's Spidops

Destined Rivals / #020/182

Team Rocket's Spidops

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Destined Rivals
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Taiga Kasai
Source reference
sv10-020

CARDEX BACKGROUND

About the species

Spidops stretches strong, sticky threads across its territory to trap intruders. It can also cling to branches and ceilings, then move silently. Prey may thus be seized before even noticing its presence. The Pokédex describes hunting based on preparing the terrain and remaining discreet. Its threads do more than suspend it: they turn the place it occupies into a network of traps.

This account describes the species in the video games. It does not describe its Trainer’s history or that of this copy, and does not identify the depicted form or sex.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Violet notes that Spidops covers its territory with tough, adhesive threads to prepare traps. Pokémon Scarlet credits it with an almost silent approach from branches or ceilings. An intruder can therefore be awaited on the ground or surprised from above.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
130
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Team Rocket's Tarountula
Pokédex number
918
Regulation mark
I
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Abilities

Charging Up

Ability

Once during your turn, you may attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

Attacks

Rocket Rush

Cost: Grass · Colorless

Damage: 30×

This attack does 30 damage for each of your Team Rocket's Pokémon in play.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • Holographic
  • reverse · standard
  • holo · standard
  • normal · standard

View the TCGdex source ↗

Price history

No verified price observations are available for this printing. History will begin once reference matching has been validated; no past prices have been reconstructed.

No copies currently for sale

Sales, auctions and payments remain closed for this part of the catalogue.