Starmie 30/144 · Skyridge

Skyridge is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Starmie is 30/144, in position 30 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Rhydon, and after it is 31 Steelix. The listed rarity is Rare.

Starmie is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Starmie (#121), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Staryu. In this catalog that name is Staryu (#120).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

Starmie (#121) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Starmie 64/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Starmie list a different HP.

The attack Energy Burst lists 10× damage. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage times the number of Energy attached to Starmie and the Defending Pokémon. Star Back is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Skyridge, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Skyridge set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Starmie can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.