Silicobra SV070/122 · Shining Fates Shiny Vault

Shining Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 19 February 2021. The printed size is 122, and the checklist is the same length. Silicobra is SV070/122, in position 70 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is SV069 Coalossal, and after it is SV071 Sandaconda. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

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.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 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. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Shiny. Misa Tsutsui illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Silicobra list a different HP.

The attack Sand Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, if the Defending Pokémon tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack doesn't happen. 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 D.

I keep a set binder for Shining Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Fates Shiny Vault set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Silicobra can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.