Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Seviper
Great Encounters · #52 · Uncommon · 2008
Listings
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Market reference
$0.57
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 52 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 336
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 20 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.
- 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 (Poison Tail) 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 ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Seviper
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 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
- 1.31 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.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Seviper?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"For many generations, it has feuded with ZANGOOSE. It whets its bladed tail on rocks for battle."
PTail Blade — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent can't play any Trainer cards from his or her hand during your opponent's next turn.
PCCPoison Tail — 30+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 30 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:P+20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.17 | $0.52 | $19.98 | $0.57 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.97 | $3.00 | $43.10 | $3.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.18 |
| 30-day average | €0.27 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.24 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.99 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.35 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.86 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.68 |
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 $0.57; 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 "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Seviper?
Seviper is a Uncommon card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Seviper printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
UncommonSeviper
Phantasmal Flames · #62
UncommonSeviper
Paldea Evolved · #137
CommonSeviper
Scarlet & Violet · #128
UncommonSeviper
Lost Origin · #116
RareSeviper
Chilling Reign · #102
Rare ShinySeviper
Hidden Fates Shiny Vault · #SV15
UncommonSeviper
Burning Shadows · #50
PromoSeviper
SM Black Star Promos · #SM46
