# Sceptile #8/106 — Great Encounters

## Summary

Sceptile is a Hoenn starter with a loyal following, and Great Encounters gave Grass players a Stage 2 built around Wild Growth, which doubled energy output for the type. A Rare Holo here is a solid mid-tier pull, wanted by Gen III fans more than by the set's chase crowd. The modelled guide sits at $28 with 8 copies traded in 30 days; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Great Encounters |
| Number | 8/106 |
| Rarity | Rare Holo |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Masakazu Fukuda |
| Release date | 2008-02-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage2 |
| Evolves from | Grovyle |
| HP | 100 |
| Types | Grass |
| Ability: Wild Growth | Each basic Grass Energy card attached to your Grass Pokémon provides Grass Grass Energy instead. You can't use more than 1 Wild Growth Poké-Body each turn. |
| Attack: Leaf Blade | cost Grass/Grass/Colorless/Colorless — damage 50+ — Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. |
| Weakness | Fire +30 |
| Resistance | Water -20 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Sceptile #254](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/sceptile) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$27.62** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-23T22:36:51.251Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-23T22:36:51.251Z
- Floor delivered ask: $28.07 — as of 2026-10-23T22:36:51.251Z
- Quant score: 69/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-23T22:36:51.251Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-22T15:08:33.816Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-21T22:08:57.990Z, confidence 90%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-21T22:08:57.990Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T00:43:09.056Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/great-encounters/sceptile-8)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adp4-8%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)