Skarmory 59/119 · Phantom Forces

Phantom Forces is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 5, 2014. The printed size is 119. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Skarmory is 59/119, in position 60 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 58 Malamar-EX, and after it is 60 Bronzor. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this card. The same name is on 158 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 lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 30 other cards of Skarmory list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Iron Wing is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless. Discard a Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns."

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