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Team Rocket's Bother-Bot card from the Destined Rivals set
Illustration by Toyste Beach. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Item

Team Rocket's Bother-Bot

A Trainer card that exposes your opponent's secrets and forces them to swap cards.

ItemBeginner to play

What this card does

The card reveals one of your opponent's hidden Prize cards for the rest of the game.

You get to see a random card from their hand and can force them to swap it with the revealed Prize card.

What it does

Team Rocket's Bother-Bot

Turn 1 of your opponent's face-down Prize cards face up and choose a random card from your opponent's hand. Your opponent reveals that card. You may have your opponent switch those cards. (That Prize card remains face up for the rest of the game.)

This Item card disrupts the opponent by showing you exactly what they are hiding. It forces a trade that leaves one of their goals visible while changing their hand.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that rely on surprise or specific hidden cards to win. The effect is most powerful early in the game when Prize cards are still face down.

Strengths
  • Information advantage
  • Forced disruption
  • Early game impact
Watch out for
  • Only works on Turn 1
  • Requires opponent to have face-down Prizes
Pro tip

Use this card as soon as the game starts to maximise its effect before your child takes any Prize cards.

Good to know

Team Rocket's Bother-Bot is a fictional gadget designed to annoy and confuse trainers during battles.

Note for the parent

The revealed Prize card stays face up for the entire match so you can track how many cards your child needs to take to win.

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