Skyridge
Steelix
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Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 100
- Type
- Metal
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 4
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
Its Ability
Rare Metal
All basic Energy cards attached to Steelix provide Metal Energy instead of their usual types.
Its attacks
Squeeze
20+Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Metal Tail
40Before doing damage, you may flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 80 damage. If tails, this attack does nothing.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 100 HP. Only 5 cards in Skyridge carry more.
- It has an Ability, Rare Metal. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
- None of the 3,271 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,271 tournament lists we have read, 811 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 34 Steelix cards on one page, priciest first.