Serperior ex 3 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Serperior ex 3
Brand: Pokémon
Author: PLANETA Igarashi

This card has 320 HP, a top attack printed at 150 damage and a Fire weakness.

Grass · Stage 2 ex · Black Bolt · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Serperior ex 3 do in a game?

Serperior ex 3 is a Grass Pokémon card with 320 HP, printed as Stage 2 ex.

Its strongest attack, Command the Grass, is printed at 150 damage for 4 Energy — 38 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass Stage 2 ex Double Rare (RR)Regulation I Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #497 Serperior

Serperior ex 3Black Bolt

320 HP · Grass · Stage 2 ex · retreat 2 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage15038 per Energy Command the Grass150 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points320 HP2.4% of 17,290 in the 290~330 band

Printed damage1509.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 38 · typical 27.8
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 4

Price trackDouble Rare (RR)Black Bolt20 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2 ex

Regulation markI

RarityDouble Rare (RR)

SetBlack Bolt

Card number3

AbilityRegal Cheer

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.54Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by160 damage320 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it187 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 ex 3 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 2.0% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 2.7%.

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 ex 3 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	98.0%	320 HP
Top printed damage	90.0%	150 damage
Energy efficiency	80.8%	38 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	2.7%	4 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

4ECommand the Grass38 damage per Energy card · has printed text150damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 207of 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 207 at 320 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 22of 2,387 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 145of 942 by printed HP

This cardSerperior ex 3Black Bolt320 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 60 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Serperior ex 3

Hit points 320 HP puts it in the 290~330 band, where 2.4% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 38 damage per Energy card against 27.8 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 4.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 160 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 ex 3 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 320 HP printed as Stage 2 ex, printed in Black Bolt.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 150 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 160 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark I.
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 ex 3 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 150 damage, which is 38 damage for every Energy card attached.

Serperior ex 3 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Command the Grass	1 Grass + 3 Colorless	4	150	38	You may search your deck for up to 3 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Command the Grass4 Energy cards

The Energy this 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.

Command the Grass 4 Energy150 damage for 4 Energy — 38 per Energy card150

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (150).

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How does Serperior ex 3 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 ex 3 — Black Bolt — Serperior exBlack Bolt 3

No.207by HP in the archive

Serperior ex 3 prints 320 HP, which puts it at number 207 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).

90% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 1%Where it sits on printed HP

This card320 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Serperior ex printed320 HP

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

This card prints 320 HP, which is 84% 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

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~330 — this card2.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 320 HP.

Cards in the 290~330 band typically print 165 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	3.3%	567 cards
290~330 — this card	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

130~180 — this card9.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 150.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 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 — this card	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

4 — this card2.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 4 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically have 157 HP and print 111 damage.

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

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

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

No. 1of 162

That is where Serperior ex 3 stands highest on HP — number 1 of 162 cards in Black Bolt. 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. 207 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,351 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 8% on damage
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 22 of 2,387 by HP · No. 91 of 2,260 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 4% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 145 of 942 by HP · No. 389 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 43% on damage
Black Bolt — 172 cards No. 1 of 162 by HP · No. 10 of 153 by damage · top by HP: Serperior ex, 320

top 6% 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 320 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 320
Top printed damage 150 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 150

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 ex

942 on record

Cards in the same HP band

412 of 17,290 (2.4%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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What Serperior ex 3 does without attacking

Serperior ex 3 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Regal Cheer — Ability

Attacks used by your Pokémon do 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

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Is Serperior ex 3 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 150 damage attack that needs 4 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 ex 3 — this card38.0150 damage for 4 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 4 typically return 27.8 damage per Energy card. This card returns 38.

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 ex 3 — this card	38.0	150 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsCommand the Grass 150 / 4

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 ex 3.
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
Command the Grass	—	38	—

This card, per Energy card

38 damage

Typical for a 4 Energy attack

27.8 damage

Difference

+10.3 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 150 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Serperior ex 3 strong for a ex card?

ex 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 points320 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 32% above

Top printed damage150 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 4% above

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every ex card in the archive — 942 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 ex 3?

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 160 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Serperior ex 3 · Stage 2 ex 320 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 150 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 ex 3 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 160 printed damage rather than 320.

Cards that remove it in one attack

187

Cards it removes in one attack

1,885

Fire damage needed to knock it out

160

Counted across the whole card archive. 320 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackEthan's Ho-Oh exAscended Heroes 26160 damage

×2Fire weakness · 160 printed damage is enough
160 damage becomes 320 against this card

This cardSerperior ex 3Black Bolt 3320 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 187 cards in the archive that can remove Serperior ex 3 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 160 printed damage against a bar of 160. 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 exweak to Fire ×2

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

Fire cards that remove Serperior ex 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

320 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 160 damage or more is enough. 187 cards in the archive clear that bar.

300 HP Magikarp & Wailord-GX [160]

300 HP Magikarp & Wailord-GX [161]

300 HP Magikarp & Wailord-GX [183]

280 HP Mega Absol ex [86]

280 HP Mega Absol ex [161]

280 HP Mega Absol ex [180]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,885 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 ex 3 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 320 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.

Serperior ex 3 is the toughest Serperior ever printed

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

Serperior ex 164/086the toughest Serperior ever printedSV: Black Bolt320 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 ex 3 can be?

Serperior ex evolves from Servine, 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

+160 HP · +50 damage

Serperior ex1 prints on record · SV: Black Bolt

Snivy → Servine → Serperior → Serperior ex

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Servine.
The line runs 4 stages, so the first card has to be in play 3 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 exHardest attack printed at this stage: 150 damage. Evolving here adds 160 HP over the stage before it320 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (320 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 ex 3?

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 ex 3
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Venusaur ex	151	340	150	4
Mega Meganium ex	Ascended Heroes	360	70	2
Serperior ex	Black Bolt	320	150	2
Hydrapple ex	Stellar Crown	330	30	3
Meowscarada ex	Paldea Evolved	310	100	2
Yanmega ex	Destined Rivals	280	210	1

This card itself is 320 HP, 150 top damage and 2 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 ex 3 in Black Bolt?

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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #3 in Black Bolt. 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 ex 3, 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

“Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex 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 ex 3
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 ex 3 — 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 I, printed next to the card number. It was released on July 18, 2025.

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Which generation of cards does Serperior ex 3 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 Ftypically 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 I — this cardtypically 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	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I — this card	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark I

Cards sharing that mark

1,215

Typical HP for the mark

134 (this card 320)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 150)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Serperior ex 3 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, Command the Grass, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 38 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Servine has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 207 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 22 of 2,387

ex cardsNo. 145 of 942

Black BoltNo. 1 of 162

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 160 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 320 HP.
187 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,885 cards in one attack.

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Serperior ex 3 card record

Serperior ex 3 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	320 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Servine	Card type	Stage 2 ex
Regulation mark	Mark I	Pokédex number	#497
Set	Black Bolt	Card number	3 of 86
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	July 18, 2025
Rarity	Double Rare (RR)	Illustrator	PLANETA Igarashi
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex 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 ex 3 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

$0.54

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

Serperior ex 3 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Serperior ex 3 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Serperior ex 3?

Serperior ex 3 has 320 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 320.

What is the strongest attack on Serperior ex 3?

Command the Grass, printed at 150 damage for 4 Energy — 38 damage per Energy card. You may search your deck for up to 3 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

What is the retreat cost of Serperior ex 3?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

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 ex evolve from?

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

Can Serperior ex 3 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Serperior ex 3 mean?

The card reads “Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex 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 ex 3 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 ex 3 — what does this card actually do?

What does Serperior ex 3 do in a game?

Serperior ex 3 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Serperior ex 3 at a glance

What do the attacks on Serperior ex 3 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Serperior ex 3 compare with every other card?

What Serperior ex 3 does without attacking

Is Serperior ex 3 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Serperior ex 3 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Grass card do for Serperior ex 3?

What knocks out Serperior ex 3 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 ex 3 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Serperior ex 3?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Serperior ex 3?

What was printed next to Serperior ex 3 in Black Bolt?

Which rules apply to Serperior ex 3, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Serperior ex 3 belong to?

Serperior ex 3 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 ex 3 card record

What does Serperior ex 3 cost?

Serperior ex 3 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Serperior ex 3?

What is the strongest attack on Serperior ex 3?

What is the retreat cost of Serperior ex 3?

Can an older Serperior print be played in a tournament?

What does Serperior ex evolve from?

Can Serperior ex 3 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Serperior ex 3 mean?

Does this page say how good Serperior ex 3 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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