Skarmory 63/165 · Expedition Base Set

Expedition Base Set is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. Skarmory is 63/165, in position 63 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Rapidash, and after it is 64 Typhlosion. The listed rarity is Rare.

Skarmory is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Skarmory (#227), generation 2 (Johto).

Kimiya Masago illustrated this card. The same name is on 24 other cards in the catalog.

Skarmory (#227) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 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). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kimiya Masago illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Skarmory list a different HP.

The attack Steel Beak lists 20+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Air Cutter is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Expedition Base Set, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Expedition Base Set 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.