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Seviper

Sun & Moon

Burning Shadows · #50 · Uncommon · 2017

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Market reference

$0.18

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Card facts

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Set position: 50 / 177
Release year: 2017
Rarity: Uncommon
HP: 100
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Illustrator: Eri Yamaki
Pokédex #: 336
Series: Sun & Moon

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Status Conditions
Damage efficiency: 30 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

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Seviper 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.
A status-payoff engine — it punishes already-afflicted Pokémon with extra damage. Build around spreading the condition.
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 (Venomous Fang) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.

How to beat Seviper

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥50 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; 1.27 copies on average · 79 decks
Match win rate: 29.7%; -17.6 pts vs the 47.3% 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.

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in 38% of decks · 33 seen

Mega Sharpedo ex

in 38% of decks · 33 seen

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in 16% of decks · 14 seen

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Building around Seviper?

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About this card

HP: 100Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

"In battle, it uses its bladed tail to counter any Zangoose. It secretes a deadly venom in its tail."

Ability: More Poison

Put 1 more damage counter on your opponent's Poisoned Pokémon between turns.

PCCVenomous Fang — 30

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Weakness:P×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

unlimitedLegal

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Seviper was legal.

tournament

4to Torneo Tropical Beach

expanded

2 weeks ago

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #7 - 18 Codes

expanded

4 weeks ago

Tournament play

This printing of Seviper has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Seviper — Phantasmal Flames

Played in 38 recent decks

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 2026/07/18

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.03	$0.20	$3.00	$0.18	$0.11
Reverse Holofoil	$0.08	$0.29	$16.68	$0.23	$0.17

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/02/19

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.11
7-day average	€0.09
30-day average	€0.10
Low	€0.02
Trend price	€0.11
Low (excellent+)	€0.02
Reverse holo low	€0.05
reverseHoloAvg1	€0.19
Reverse holo 7-day	€0.41
reverseHoloSell	€0.38
averageSellPrice	€0.12
Reverse holo 30-day	€0.28
Reverse holo trend	€0.32

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Seviper is real?

Seviper 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 Seviper worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Seviper is $0.18; 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 Seviper from?

Seviper is from the Pokémon set "Burning Shadows" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.

What rarity is Seviper?

Seviper is a Uncommon card in the Burning Shadows set.