Pokémon · EX

Seviper

Emerald · #20 · Rare · 2005

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Card facts

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Set position: 20 / 107
Release year: 2005
Rarity: Rare
HP: 80
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
Pokédex #: 336
Series: EX

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
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

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.
Its main attack (Bite Off) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Grass type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥40 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 1 copy.

How to beat Seviper

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1.31 copies on average · 70 decks
Match win rate: 30.5%; -16.7 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.

Grimsley's Move

in 44% of decks · 31 seen

Dangerous Laser

in 15% of decks · 11 seen

Mega Gengar ex

in 31% of decks · 22 seen

Carvanha

in 42% of decks · 30 seen

Mega Sharpedo ex

in 42% of decks · 30 seen

Haunter

in 15% of decks · 11 seen

Mega Darkrai ex

in 34% of decks · 24 seen

Toxel

in 85% of decks · 60 seen

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About this card

HP: 80Type:GGrassSubtype: Basic

CPierce — 10

GCCBite Off — 30+

If the Defending Pokémon is Pokémon-ex, this attack does 30 damage plus 30 more damage.

Weakness:P×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

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 36 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.

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Updated 2026/07/04

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$1.50	$2.39	$31.10	$2.31	—
Reverse Holofoil	$35.00	$211.05	$387.10	$21.80	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€6.49
7-day average	€3.95
30-day average	€1.85
Low	€0.19
Trend price	€2.52
Low (excellent+)	€0.90
Reverse holo low	€3.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€9.97
Reverse holo 7-day	€8.77
reverseHoloSell	€9.45
averageSellPrice	€2.55
Reverse holo 30-day	€11.57
Reverse holo trend	€8.74

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 $2.31; 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 "Emerald" in the EX series, released in 2005.

What rarity is Seviper?

Seviper is a Rare card in the Emerald set.