XY Black Star Promos

Sceptile EX

XYPXY53· Promo
Sceptile EX XYP XY53

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What the card itself says

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

HP
170
Type
Grass
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
XY53/211
Set
XY Black Star PromosXYP
Illustrated by
Eske Yoshinob

Its attacks

Agility

20

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.

Strong Slash

130

This Pokémon can't use Strong Slash during your next turn.

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

XY Black Star Promos landed here on 12 October 2013.

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 22 Sceptile cards on one page, priciest first.

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