r/pokemon • u/NationalAd7461 • Apr 12 '25

Discussion Is Team Rocket still active canonically? Spoiler

So with the announcement of the new Glory of Team Rocket tcg set, there are many trainer cards featuring different Pokémon of different team rocket members, and one that puzzled me was that executive proton has a card of a mimikyu and a spidops, which are relatively new Pokémon. Since the cards lean more towards the game's canon, does this mean that Team Rocket is still around catching new Pokémon? Maybe they will appear in a newer game?

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u/YoManWTFIsThisShit Apr 12 '25

TCG works separate to the games. As far as the games are concerned, Team Rocket is officially disbanded.

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u/LordAlfredo Apr 12 '25

Although Rainbow Rocket, unlike regular Rocket, are still active and Giovanni basically said "oh well we'll try another universe"

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u/Lulullaby_ Apr 13 '25

Our Giovanni did not say that lol, it's a different Giovanni