Silicobra 81/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Silicobra is 81/163, in position 81 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 80 Coalossal, and after it is 82 Sandaconda. The listed rarity is Common.

Silicobra is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Silicobra (#843), generation 8 (Galar). The card lists Sandaconda, Sandaconda (#844) under evolves to.

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Silicobra (#843) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2025. The earliest other card is Silicobra 107/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Misa Tsutsui illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. 1 other cards of Silicobra list a different HP.

The attack Tail Whap lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Mud Shot is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It spews sand from its nostrils. While the enemy is blinded, it burrows into the ground to hide." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Battle Styles, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Battle Styles set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Silicobra can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.