Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Ekans
Temporal Forces · #100 · Common · 2024
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From
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Market reference
$0.14
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 100 / 218
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Arbok
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- Shimaris Yukichi
- Pokédex #
- 23
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Ekans 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.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Bite) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Ekans
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 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 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Shimaris Yukichi
This card was illustrated by Shimaris Yukichi.
Building around Ekans?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest."
DPoison Blend
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned.
DDBite — 30
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Ekans or Temporal Forces.
Oceania Open! | Season 3 - Week 5
Jul 31, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
Jul 31, 2026
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #18 25 Codes
Jul 31, 2026
⚡Surge's TCG Vault WEBCAM Cash Prize Event⚡
Jul 31, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All TCG Live #17
Jul 31, 2026
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! DRAGAPULT IS....
Aug 1, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ekans was legal.
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #64 PTCG Live
today
💥Plantel Battle #29 PITCH 💥100 CODES ✔️ TOP 8
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
today
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
today
SEASAC League Challenge #5 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
REFINE Summer Series Session 5: Pika Cinco
yesterday
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
2
ran Ekans
Tournaments scanned
287
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Ekans
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 2026/07/11| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.14 | $0.04 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.02 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.24 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.07 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.12 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.07 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ekans is real?
Ekans 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 Ekans worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ekans is $0.14; 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 Ekans from?
Ekans is from the Pokémon set "Temporal Forces" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Ekans?
Ekans is a Common card in the Temporal Forces set.
Other Ekans printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
