Skarmory ex 98/108 · Power Keepers

Power Keepers is a set in the EX series. It was released on February 2, 2007. The printed size is 108, and the checklist is the same length. Skarmory ex is 98/108, in position 98 of 108 on this checklist. Before it is 97 Shiftry ex, and after it is 99 Walrein ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Skarmory ex is a Basic ex Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Skarmory (#227), generation 2 (Johto).

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 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 is named Skarmory, while this one is Skarmory ex. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 30 other cards of Skarmory list a different HP.

Metal Gravity is listed as Poké-Body. If your opponent's Active Pokémon retreats and has 40 or more remaining HP, put 3 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use more than 1 Metal Gravity Poké-Body each turn. The attack Whirlwind lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Razor Wing is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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