Pokémon · Black & White
Venipede
Boundaries Crossed · #72 · Common · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.41
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 72 / 153
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Whirlipede
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Shigenori Negishi
- Pokédex #
- 543
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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
Also does
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.
- Its main attack (Bug Bite) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Venipede
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 2.67 copies on average · 3 decks
More by Shigenori Negishi
This card was illustrated by Shigenori Negishi.
Building around Venipede?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Using the feelers on its head and tail, it picks up vibrations in the air to determine its prey's location and state."
Ability: Poison Point
If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.
PCBug Bite — 20
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Venipede or Boundaries Crossed.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Venipede 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 2026/07/29| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.19 | $0.41 | $19.98 | $0.41 | $0.29 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.99 | $1.61 | $27.20 | $1.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.12 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.55 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.11 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.83 |
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 $0.41; 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 "Boundaries Crossed" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Venipede?
Venipede is a Common card in the Boundaries Crossed set.
Other Venipede printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
