Skarmory 51/100 · Stormfront

Stormfront is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2008. The printed size is 100. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Skarmory is 51/100, in position 51 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 50 Shelgon, and after it is 52 Staravia. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Skarmory is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 34. In the Pokédex this is Skarmory (#227), generation 2 (Johto).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Skarmory (#227) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Skarmory 13/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 29 other cards of Skarmory list a different HP.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Metal. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage. Mach Blade is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph."

I keep a set binder for Stormfront, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Stormfront set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Skarmory can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.