Serperior VSTAR 196 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Serperior VSTAR 196
Brand: Pokémon
Author: PLANETA Mochizuki

This card has 270 HP, a top attack printed at 190 damage and a Fire weakness.

Grass · VSTAR · Silver Tempest · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Serperior VSTAR 196 do in a game?

Serperior VSTAR 196 is a Grass Pokémon card with 270 HP, printed as VSTAR.

Its strongest attack, Regal Blender, is printed at 190 damage for 3 Energy — 63 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 135 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass VSTAR Rare Rainbow Regulation F Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #497 Serperior

Serperior VSTAR 196Silver Tempest

270 HP · Grass · VSTAR · retreat 0 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage19063 per Energy Regal Blender190 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points270 HP3.3% of 17,290 in the 240~280 band

Printed damage1903.8% of 16,246 in the 190~250 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 63 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRare RainbowSilver Tempest20 printsranked among VSTAR cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classVSTAR

Regulation markF

RarityRare Rainbow

SetSilver Tempest

Card number196

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$6.88Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by135 damage270 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it233 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name20 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line17 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #497 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Serperior VSTAR 196 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 95.3%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Serperior VSTAR 196 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	95.6%	270 HP
Top printed damage	95.4%	190 damage
Energy efficiency	95.3%	63 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3ERegal Blender63 damage per Energy card · has printed text190damage
1EStar Winder60 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 611of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 611 at 270 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 58of 2,387 by printed HP VSTAR cardsNo. 38of 94 by printed HP

This cardSerperior VSTAR 196Silver Tempest270 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 110 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Serperior VSTAR 196

Hit points 270 HP puts it in the 240~280 band, where 3.3% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 63 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 135 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 9 of the 18 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Serperior VSTAR 196 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 270 HP printed as VSTAR, printed in Silver Tempest.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 190 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 135 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark F.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Serperior VSTAR 196 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 190 damage, which is 63 damage for every Energy card attached.

Serperior VSTAR 196 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Regal Blender	1 Grass + 2 Colorless	3	190	63	You may move any amount of Energy from your Pokémon to your other Pokémon in any way you like.
Star Winder	1 Grass	1	60×	60	This attack does 60 damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Regal Blender3 Energy cards

Star Winder1 Energy card

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Regal Blender 3 Energy190 damage for 3 Energy — 63 per Energy card190
Star Winder 1 Energy60 damage for 1 Energy — 60 per Energy card60

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (190).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Star Winder is printed as 60×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.

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How does Serperior VSTAR 196 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Serperior VSTAR 196 — Silver Tempest — Serperior VSTARSilver Tempest 196

No.611by HP in the archive

Serperior VSTAR 196 prints 270 HP, which puts it at number 611 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

95% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 4%Where it sits on printed HP

This card270 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest VSTAR card300 HP
Strongest Serperior VSTAR printed270 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 270 HP, which is 71% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~280 — this card3.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 270 HP.

Cards in the 240~280 band typically print 158 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280 — this card	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~250 — this card3.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 190.

Cards in the 190~250 band typically have 238 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250 — this card	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0 — this card	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 58of 2,387

That is where Serperior VSTAR 196 stands highest on HP — number 58 of 2,387 cards in Grass cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 611 of 17,290 by HP · No. 670 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 4% on damage
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 58 of 2,387 by HP · No. 36 of 2,260 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 2% on damage
VSTAR cards — 94 cards No. 38 of 94 by HP · No. 37 of 92 by damage · top by HP: Regigigas VSTAR, 300

top 39% on damage
Silver Tempest — 215 cards No. 8 of 177 by HP · No. 9 of 169 by damage · top by HP: Regieleki VMAX, 310

top 5% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 270 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 270
Top printed damage 190 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 190

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as VSTAR

94 on record

Cards in the same HP band

567 of 17,290 (3.3%)

Cards with this much printed damage

621 of 16,246 (3.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Serperior VSTAR 196 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 190 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Serperior VSTAR 196 — this card63.0190 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 63.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Serperior VSTAR 196 — this card	63.0	190 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsRegal Blender 190 / 3Star Winder 60 / 1

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Serperior VSTAR 196.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Regal Blender	—	63	—
Star Winder	—	60	—

This card, per Energy card

63 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

+14.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 190 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Serperior VSTAR 196 strong for a VSTAR card?

VSTAR cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points270 HPtypical for the group is 271 HP — this card is 0% below

Top printed damage190 damagetypical for the group is 167 damage — this card is 14% above

Retreat cost0 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 100% below

The group is every VSTAR card in the archive — 94 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Grass card do for Serperior VSTAR 196?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 135 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Serperior VSTAR 196 · VSTAR 270 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 190 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,884 cards in groups that print a Grass weakness Against Fighting, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grass — this cardmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass — this card	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Grassweak to Fire

Fightingweak to Grass

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Grass weakness.

What being a Grass card is worth

Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Serperior VSTAR 196 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 135 printed damage rather than 270.

Cards that remove it in one attack

233

Cards it removes in one attack

1,943

Fire damage needed to knock it out

135

Counted across the whole card archive. 270 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackCentiskorchMega Evolution 30140 damage

×2Fire weakness · 135 printed damage is enough
140 damage becomes 280 against this card

This cardSerperior VSTAR 196Silver Tempest 196270 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 233 cards in the archive that can remove Serperior VSTAR 196 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 140 printed damage against a bar of 135. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Serperior VSTARweak to Fire ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fire cards that remove Serperior VSTAR in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

270 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 135 damage or more is enough. 233 cards in the archive clear that bar.

340 HP Garganacl ex [89]

340 HP Tyranitar ex [64]

340 HP Mamoswine ex [79]

340 HP Mamoswine ex [174]

330 HP Mega Sharpedo ex [61]

Mega Sharpedo ex 113 — Phantasmal Flames

330 HP Mega Sharpedo ex [113]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,943 cards in the archive are weak to Grass and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Serperior as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Serperior VSTAR 196 is one print of Serperior. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Serperior has been printed 20 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Serperior cards ever printedPokédex #497Prints on record 20Toughest print 320 HPThis card 270 HP

20prints

Legal in Standard9Older prints, not in Standard11

Every Serperior print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Serperior printed is 320 HP, and this card is 84.4% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Serperior ex 164/086the toughest Serperior ever printedSV: Black Bolt320 HP
Serperior VSTAR 196against that record84.4% of the record270 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Serperior print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Serperior VSTAR 196 can be?

Serperior VSTAR evolves from Serperior V, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Serperior line, oldest stage first

No imageSnivy10 prints on record · ME: Mega Evolution Promo

+30 HP · +30 damage

Servine6 prints on record · Boundaries Crossed

+60 HP · +40 damage

Serperior8 prints on record · Dragons Exalted

+50 HP · +20 damage

Serperior V2 prints on record · SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery

+60 HP · +70 damage

Serperior VSTAR1 prints on record · SWSH12: Silver Tempest

Snivy → Servine → Serperior → Serperior V → Serperior VSTAR

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Serperior V.
The line runs 5 stages, so the first card has to be in play 4 turns before this one can be.

1SnivyNo imageSnivyHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2ServineHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3SerperiorHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it160 HP
4Serperior VHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it210 HP
5Serperior VSTARHardest attack printed at this stage: 190 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it270 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (270 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Serperior print, and can the older ones still be played?

20 prints carry this name in the archive, and 18 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (320 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

18 rows are shown of the 20 prints counted under this name.

Serperior prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Serperior ex 164/086	SV: Black Bolt	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Serperior ex 156/086	SV: Black Bolt	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Serperior ex 003/086	SV: Black Bolt	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Serperior VSTAR 196/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Serperior VSTAR 210/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Serperior VSTAR 008/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Serperior V TG13/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Serperior V 170/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Serperior V 007/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Serperior 006/088	Deck Exclusives	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Serperior 013/149	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior RC3/RC25	Legendary Treasures: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior 7/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior 125/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior BW20	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior 5/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior 6/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Serperior 8/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

9 of the 18 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Serperior VSTAR 196?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Serperior VSTAR 196
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Leafeon VSTAR	Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery	260	180	2
Hisuian Lilligant VSTAR	Astral Radiance	260	130	1
Shaymin VSTAR	Brilliant Stars	250	120	1
Serperior VSTAR	Silver Tempest	270	190	0
Leafeon VSTAR	Crown Zenith	260	180	2
Hisuian Lilligant VSTAR	Astral Radiance	260	130	1

This card itself is 270 HP, 190 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Grass like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Serperior VSTAR 196 in Silver Tempest?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

240 Alolan Vulpix VSTAR [197]

310 Regieleki VMAX [198]

250 Unown VSTAR [199]

260 Mawile VSTAR [200]

280 Regidrago VSTAR [201]

280 Lugia VSTAR [202]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #196 in Silver Tempest. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Serperior VSTAR 196, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

The rule printed on this card

“VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Serperior VSTAR 196
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Serperior VSTAR 196 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark F, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 11, 2022.

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Which generation of cards does Serperior VSTAR 196 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark F — this cardtypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F — this card	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark F

Cards sharing that mark

1,180

Typical HP for the mark

142 (this card 270)

Typical damage for the mark

88 (this card 190)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Serperior VSTAR 196 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Regal Blender, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 63 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Serperior V has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 611 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 58 of 2,387

VSTAR cardsNo. 38 of 94

Silver TempestNo. 8 of 177

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 135 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 270 HP.
233 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,943 cards in one attack.

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Serperior VSTAR 196 card record

Serperior VSTAR 196 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	270 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Serperior V	Card type	VSTAR
Regulation mark	Mark F	Pokédex number	#497
Set	Silver Tempest	Card number	196 of 195
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	November 11, 2022
Rarity	Rare Rainbow	Illustrator	PLANETA Mochizuki
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Serperior VSTAR 196 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$6.88

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

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Serperior VSTAR 196 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Serperior VSTAR 196?

Serperior VSTAR 196 has 270 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 135 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 270.

What is the strongest attack on Serperior VSTAR 196?

Regal Blender, printed at 190 damage for 3 Energy — 63 damage per Energy card. You may move any amount of Energy from your Pokémon to your other Pokémon in any way you like.

What is the retreat cost of Serperior VSTAR 196?

None. Serperior VSTAR 196 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

What does the × after the damage on Star Winder mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is dealt once for each thing the sentence on the card counts. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "This attack does 60 damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)"

Can an older Serperior print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 18 prints listed on this page, 9 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Serperior VSTAR evolve from?

Serperior V. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Serperior VSTAR 196 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark F. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

What does the rule on Serperior VSTAR 196 mean?

The card reads “VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Serperior VSTAR 196 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Serperior VSTAR 196 — what does this card actually do?

What does Serperior VSTAR 196 do in a game?

Serperior VSTAR 196 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Serperior VSTAR 196 at a glance

What do the attacks on Serperior VSTAR 196 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Serperior VSTAR 196 compare with every other card?

Is Serperior VSTAR 196 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Serperior VSTAR 196 strong for a VSTAR card?

What does being a Grass card do for Serperior VSTAR 196?

What knocks out Serperior VSTAR 196 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Serperior as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Serperior VSTAR 196 can be?

Is this the strongest Serperior print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Serperior VSTAR 196?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Serperior VSTAR 196?

What was printed next to Serperior VSTAR 196 in Silver Tempest?

Which rules apply to Serperior VSTAR 196, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Serperior VSTAR 196 belong to?

Serperior VSTAR 196 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Serperior VSTAR 196 card record

What does Serperior VSTAR 196 cost?

Serperior VSTAR 196 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Serperior VSTAR 196?

What is the strongest attack on Serperior VSTAR 196?

What is the retreat cost of Serperior VSTAR 196?

What does the × after the damage on Star Winder mean?

Can an older Serperior print be played in a tournament?

What does Serperior VSTAR evolve from?

Can Serperior VSTAR 196 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Serperior VSTAR 196 mean?

Does this page say how good Serperior VSTAR 196 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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