# Sceptile #20/109 — Ruby & Sapphire

## Summary

Sceptile is the Hoenn Grass starter many fans picked first, and this Ruby & Sapphire Stage 2 carries its Energy Trans Poke-Power, which made it useful in Grass decks. Ken Sugimori, the artist behind Pokémon's original designs, drawing a Hoenn starter in the Hoenn debut set gives it real nostalgia pull. The modelled guide sits at $9.32, up 1% over 30 days on 12 copies traded, with 194 days of inventory on the board; a CGC 10 brings $79, 8.5 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Ruby & Sapphire |
| Number | 20/109 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2003-07-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage2 |
| Evolves from | Grovyle |
| HP | 100 |
| Types | Grass |
| Ability: Energy Trans | As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), move a Grass Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Sceptile is affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Tail Rap | cost Grass/Colorless/Colorless — damage 50× — Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. |
| Weakness | Fire ×2 |
| Resistance | Water -30 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Sceptile #254](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/sceptile) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$9.32** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-27T23:34:37.642Z
- 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: 0.00% — as of 2026-10-27T23:34:37.642Z
- Floor delivered ask: $6.77 — as of 2026-10-27T23:34:37.642Z
- Quant score: 56/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-10-27T23:34:37.642Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 49% weight · -26% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-27T12:31:28.056Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-27T12:31:26.101Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-27T03:40:57.187Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-27T12:31:26.100Z, confidence 70%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-27T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 60%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T19:02:17.800Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/ruby-sapphire/sceptile-20)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex1-20%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)