Scarlet & Violet

Mabosstiff

SVIFR137· Uncommon
Mabosstiff SVI 137

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
130
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Number
137/198
Set
Scarlet & VioletSVISet guide
Illustrated by
KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA

Its Ability

Intimidating HowlHurlement Intimidant

Once during your turn, you may switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)Une fois pendant votre tour, vous pouvez envoyer le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire sur le Banc. (Votre adversaire choisit le nouveau Pokémon Actif.)

Its attacks

Wild TackleTacle Brutal

160

This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.Ce Pokémon s'inflige aussi 30 dégâts.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Intimidating Howl. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,349 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  5. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Scarlet & Violet landed here on 31 March 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 20 January 2023, under the code SV1S + SV1V. That is 70 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 10 Mabosstiff cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Mabosstiff card and its price