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Dark Arbok Team Rocket Returns 2004
Card · Team Rocket Returns · 2004

Dark Arbok

$42.73 Latest known market value January 16, 2026
Uncommon Darkness
Curatorial Commentary

The card depicts Dark Arbok poised in a menacing stance, its sleek body coiling against a backdrop of a dusky landscape. The vivid colors of the setting sun cast an eerie glow, highlighting its sharp features and piercing eyes. This moment captures the essence of a predator, embodying both danger and allure as it prepares to strike. The scene evokes a sense of tension, as if the air is thick with anticipation.

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Catalogue plate № 29/109
Identity
PokémonArbok
TypeDarkness
RarityUncommon
StageStage 1
Authorship
IllustratorNakaoka
Year2004
Plate №29/109
Composition
StyleCartoonishIllustrative
MoodMysteriousPlayful
CompositionDynamicForeground Focus
PaletteContrastingVibrant
Game mechanics
HP 90
Stage Stage 1 · evolves from Ekans
Weakness Psychic ×2
Retreat
Swallow Up 10+

Before doing damage, count the remaining HP of the Defending Pokémon and Dark Arbok. If the Defending Pokémon has fewer remaining HP than Dark Arbok's, this attack does 10 damage plus 30 more damage.

Extra Poison 30

If the Defending Pokémon is Pokémon-ex, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned.