Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Venipede
Black Bolt · #132 · Illustration Rare · 2025
Listings
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Market reference
$11.25
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 132 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Whirlipede
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Apios
- Pokédex #
- 543
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Venipede plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Venipede
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.5 copies on average · 8 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Illustrated by Apios
Building around Venipede?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its bite injects a potent poison, enough to paralyze large bird Pokémon that try to prey on it."
CPoison Spray
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Venipede or Black Bolt.
SEASAC League Challenge #13 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 11, 2026
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Aug 11, 2026
Pitch Black Tourney - Last Prize Series #12
Aug 11, 2026
Pudding Weekly #8 | National Play in the Sand Day!
Aug 12, 2026
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #67 PTCG Live
Aug 12, 2026
Amyverse PTCG Live Weekly #8 💛 Cash Prize!
Aug 12, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Venipede was legal.
CHALLENGE OF DOOM! THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
today
🏛💫 Card Temple Weekly Battles #71
today
🇧🇷 Hit League #4 | TCG Live
today
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #21 25 Codes
today
Sunny's Weekly #268 Stand Up Comedy!
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Pumpkaweekly
today
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $6.30 | $13.99 | $80.51 | $11.25 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €5.38 |
| 7-day average | €5.61 |
| 30-day average | €5.59 |
| Low | €3.90 |
| Trend price | €5.91 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €5.55 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Venipede is real?
Venipede is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Venipede worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Venipede is $11.25; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Venipede from?
Venipede is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Venipede?
Venipede is a Illustration Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Venipede printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
