Skiploom 65/132 · Secret Wonders

Skiploom is Pokédex #188, generation 2 (Johto). Skiploom is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 20. The card says it evolves from Hoppip. In this catalog that name is Hoppip (#187). The card lists Jumpluff, Jumpluff (#189) under evolves to.

Skiploom sits at 65/132 in Secret Wonders, position 65 of 132. Before it is 64 Shelgon, and after it is 66 Smeargle. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 November 2007. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Cotton Balloon is listed as Poké-Body. If Skiploom has any Grass Energy attached to it, any damage done to Skiploom by attacks from your opponent's Evolved Pokémon is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack U-turn lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Switch Skiploom with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. The flavor text reads "It blooms when the weather warms. It floats in the sky to soak up as much sunlight as possible."

Skiploom (#188) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Skiploom 49/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Skiploom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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