Vivid Voltage

Shiftry VIV 12/185

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Shiftry VIV 12

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read VIV 12/185 there. Its illustration is signed Uta.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Vivid Voltage set, released here on 13 November 2020.

When it came out

Vivid Voltage landed here on 13 November 2020.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP
150
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
D
Number
12/185
Set
Vivid VoltageVIV
Illustrated by
Uta

Its Ability

Shifty SubstitutionChangement Malicieux

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, each Supporter card in your opponent's hand has the effect "Draw 3 cards." (This happens instead of the card's usual effect.)Tant que ce Pokémon est sur le Poste Actif, chaque carte Supporter dans la main de votre adversaire a l'effet « Piochez 3 cartes. » (Ceci prévaut sur l'effet habituel de la carte.)

Its attacks

Fan TornadoTornade Soufflante

110

You may have your opponent switch their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon.Vous pouvez demander à votre adversaire d'échanger son Pokémon Actif contre l'un de ses Pokémon de Banc.

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, Shifty Substitution. 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 5,461 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

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Nuzleaf to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,461 tournament lists we have read, 1,264 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. Keep in mind

    Mark D. 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 28, 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.

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 23 Shiftry cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Shiftry card and its price