Snivy Pokemon Card Guide: Japanese Prints, Rarities and the 30th CELEBRATION Promo

Early Prints: 2010–2016

Snivy’s Japanese debut goes back to the Black & White era, when it was one of the three Unova starters introduced alongside the original BW block. Two Common prints from this stretch are individually verified.

Snivy 001 (BW1w White Collection)

Snivy 005 (XY10 Awakened Psychic King)

The BW1w White Collection print (card 001) released 17 December 2010 as a Common, illustrated by 5ban Graphics — the earliest Snivy print we have individually verified. Just over five years later, XY10 Awakened Psychic King carried Snivy again at card 005, released 18 March 2016, also a Common, this time illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. The XY10 print has a confirmed English equivalent: Fates Collide #5, stated directly on its own Limitless card page.

Modern Sets: 2025–2026

Snivy resurfaced across three current-era sets within the space of eight months. The most notable is a solo Art Rare in SV11B Black Bolt, released 6 June 2025, alongside a Common print from the same set.

Card 001/086 is a Common illustrated by Susumu Maeya; card 087/086 steps up to Art Rare (also catalogued as Illustration Rare), illustrated by Yoshimi Miyoshi. The 087/086 print has a confirmed English equivalent — Black Bolt #087/086, Illustration Rare — and 001/086 corresponds to English Black Bolt #001/086, Common.

Two more current-era sets carry Snivy: MC Starter Decks 100 Battle Collection (card 040, illustrated by Susumu Maeya, released 19 December 2025) and M3 Nihil Zero (card 004, Common, illustrated by Narumi Sato, released 23 January 2026).

Snivy 040 (MC Starter Decks 100 Battle Collection)

Snivy 004 (M3 Nihil Zero)

A note on scope: a Limitless search for Snivy’s Japanese prints returns 21 results. Nine of the ten rows here are individually verified against their own Limitless card pages, spanning the 2010 debut through the newest 2026 sets; the tenth (the 2026 promo, covered below) is verified against the official 30th CELEBRATION product page. Older reprints exist in other eras not re-verified for this guide, so we’re not stating a total print count.

Chase Prints and What Makes Them Collectible

Across the ten Snivy prints we’ve verified, three rarity tiers stand out above the base Common slots. The SM11a Remix Bout tag-team card sits at Double Rare (RR) for its 001/064 print and steps up to Secret Rare (SR) for both 065/064 and 066/064 — the two prints of the Venusaur & Snivy GX artwork that carry the Secret Rare classification. In the current era, the SV11B Black Bolt 087/086 print carries the Art Rare (Illustration Rare) designation, the highest verified rarity tier for a solo Snivy illustration in our list.

The 2026 30th CELEBRATION promo (113/M-P) sits outside this rarity system: it’s a foil full-art promo distributed only through the boxed 30th CELEBRATION sets, not through booster packs — a different collecting category from the pulled Secret Rares and Art Rares above.

Where to Buy Snivy Cards from Tokyo

All of our verified PSA10 Snivy prints ship from Tokyo with tracked delivery: the solo Snivy AR, and the three Venusaur & Snivy GX tag-team copies (SR, RR). For the sealed side, browse our PSA10 graded card collection and Pokemon card box collection, or send sourcing requests through Pedido rápido.

For the 2026 promo, see our 30th CELEBRATION Card Set All 9 Types pre-order guide and the Card Set 5: Snivy, Tepig & Oshawott article. For Snivy’s evolution line, our Unova Starter Cards Guide (Serperior, Samurott & Emboar) has more, Remix Bout (SM11a) Complete Lista de cartas covers the tag-team set, and Black Bolt (SV11B) Complete Lista de cartas covers the solo Art Rare’s set. For a primer on rarity symbols themselves, see our Japanese Pokemon rarity symbols guide.