Skuntank 55/106 · Flashfire

Flashfire is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. Skuntank is 55/106, in position 55 of 110 on this checklist. Before it is 54 Stunky, and after it is 56 Sandile. The listed rarity is Rare.

Skuntank is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Skuntank (#435), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Stunky. In this catalog that name is Stunky (#434).

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Skuntank (#435) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Skuntank 15/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hiroaki Ito illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 11 other cards of Skuntank list a different HP.

The attack Push Down lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Acid Spray is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It sprays a vile-smelling fluid from the tip of its tail to attack. Its range is over 160 feet."

I keep a set binder for Flashfire, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Flashfire set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Skuntank can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.