Pokémon · Black & White
Snivy
Black & White · #1 · Common · 2011
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Market reference
$0.35
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 1 / 115
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Servine
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 495
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Snivy 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.
- Its main attack (Vine Whip) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Snivy
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.92 copies on average · 25 decks
- Match win rate
- 29.7%
- -17.5 pts vs the 47.2% field average
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.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Snivy?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They photosynthesize by bathing their tails in sunlight. When they are not feeling well, their tails droop."
GTackle — 10
GCVine Whip — 20
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Snivy or Black & White.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Snivy was legal.
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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.08 | $0.31 | $2.22 | $0.35 | $0.16 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.49 | $2.57 | $99.87 | $1.56 | $99.87 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/30| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.95 |
| 7-day average | €0.95 |
| 30-day average | €0.81 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.34 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.39 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.54 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.92 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.63 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.65 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Snivy is real?
Snivy 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 Snivy worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Snivy is $0.35; 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 Snivy from?
Snivy is from the Pokémon set "Black & White" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Snivy?
Snivy is a Common card in the Black & White set.
Other Snivy printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
