Delta Species

Skarmory DS 55/113

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Skarmory DS 55

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DS 55/113 there. Its illustration is signed Hisao Nakamura.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Delta Species set, released here on 31 October 2005.

When it came out

Delta Species landed here on 31 October 2005.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
70
Type
Metal
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
55/113
Set
Delta SpeciesDS
Illustrated by
Hisao Nakamura

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Its Ability

Shining Horn

As long as Skarmory is the only Pokémon you have in play, your opponent's Basic Pokémon can't attack.

Its attacks

Cry for Help

Search your deck for a Metal Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex), show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Steel Wing

20

During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Skarmory by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

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.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Shining Horn. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,624 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.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,624 tournament lists we have read, 1,308 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 Skarmory cards on one page, priciest first.

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