Skarmory FB 83/147 · Supreme Victors

Skarmory is Pokédex #227, generation 2 (Johto). Skarmory FB is a Basic SP Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 50.

Skarmory FB sits at 83/147 in Supreme Victors, position 83 of 153. Before it is 82 Rotom, and after it is 84 Spiritomb C. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Silver Feather lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal. During your opponent's next turn, when your opponent puts a Basic Pokémon from his or her hand onto his or her Bench, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. Metal Max is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Metal Energy attached to Skarmory FB. Flip a coin for each Energy card you discarded. This attack does 20 damage plus 40 damage for each heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1.

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 FB. 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 Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 29 other cards of Skarmory list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hironobu Yoshida. I count 38 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Supreme Victors set binder is where a full Supreme Victors set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Skarmory can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.