Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Seviper
SM Black Star Promos · #SM46 · Promo · 2017
Listings
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Market reference
$5.49
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM46 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- 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
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 copies on average · 2 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Eri Yamaki
This card was illustrated by Eri Yamaki.
Building around Seviper?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"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.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Seviper was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 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 32 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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.93 | $47.80 | $126.75 | $5.49 | $126.75 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.99 |
| 7-day average | €5.71 |
| 30-day average | €9.92 |
| Low | €4.99 |
| Trend price | €7.72 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €10.92 |
| averageSellPrice | €5.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.81 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.24 |
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 $5.49; 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 "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Seviper?
Seviper is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
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Other Seviper printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
