Team Rocket Returns

Skiploom

TR49· Uncommon
Skiploom TR 49

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What the card itself says

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

HP
60
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
49/109
Set
Team Rocket ReturnsTR
Illustrated by
Kyoko Umemoto

Its Ability

Buffer

If Skiploom would be Knocked Out by an opponent's attack, flip a coin. If heads, Skiploom is not Knocked Out and its remaining HP becomes 10 instead.

Its attacks

Miracle Powder

10

Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 Special Condition. The Defending Pokémon is now affected by that Special Condition.

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

    It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,826 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 916 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.

When it came out

Team Rocket Returns landed here on 1 November 2004.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 11 Skiploom cards on one page, priciest first.

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