About Pokemon: Team Rocket (Base Set)
Launching on April 24th 2000, TEAM ROCKET is the 5th expansion set in the Pokemon Collectible Trading Card Game falling between the expansions BASE 2 and GYM HEROES respectively.
In this expansion, the bad guys in the Pokemon mythology, Team Rocket, are the focus and the "evil Pokemon (aka Dark Pokemon) they command in an effort to one day take over the world.
There are 83 total cards in the TEAM ROCKET expansion: 82 cards in the main set and a new type of card called a "secret rare" numbered 83/82 in the expansion. Collectors also catch Holofoil Trainer and Energy cards for the first time.
The Japanese version of TEAM ROCKET launched almost 3 years prior to the English release in November 1997.