Dark Vileplume [1st Edition] - Pokemon Team Rocket #13
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Dark Vileplume [1st Edition]
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Dark Vileplume [1st Edition] Card Facts & History
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Card History
Dark Vileplume became one of Team Rocket’s most memorable holos because its Hay Fever Pokémon Power shuts off all Trainer cards, a brutally unusual lock effect that Pokémon itself later highlighted as especially impactful in the format.
Set Lore
This card is part of the original Team Rocket expansion, the set that introduced Dark Pokémon to the TCG and gave collectors one of the hobby’s defining villain-themed WotC releases.
Artist
Dark Vileplume was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, one of the signature artists of the early Pokémon TCG whose watercolor style has been recognizable to collectors since the Jungle era.
In-Game
Its Pokédex flavor about other Pokémon avoiding Vileplume because of its strong-smelling pollen ties directly back to Vileplume’s long-running game identity as a poisonous Flower Pokémon built around spores, pollen, and status effects.
Cultural Impact
For many vintage collectors, Dark Vileplume stands out as a classic ‘anti-fun’ card from the Wizards era—beloved precisely because a single holo could warp the whole table the moment it hit play.