Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Sceptile
Celestial Storm · #10a · Rare Holo · 2018
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 10a / 187
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Grovyle
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hitoshi Ariga
- Pokédex #
- 254
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Sceptile plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Grovyle first).
How to beat Sceptile
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Hitoshi Ariga
This card was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
Building around Sceptile?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It agilely leaps about the jungle and uses the sharp leaves on its arms to strike its prey."
Ability: Power of Nature
Prevent all damage done to your Pokémon that have any Grass Energy attached to them by attacks from your opponent's Ultra Beasts.
GPowerful Storm — 20×
This attack does 20 damage times the amount of Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Sceptile 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.
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/29| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.99 |
| 7-day average | €2.41 |
| 30-day average | €3.35 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €2.60 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.80 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.86 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.60 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.70 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.90 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sceptile is real?
Sceptile 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 Sceptile worth?
As of the latest data, 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 Sceptile from?
Sceptile is from the Pokémon set "Celestial Storm" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Sceptile?
Sceptile is a Rare Holo card in the Celestial Storm set.
Other Sceptile printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
