Pokémon · EX
Skarmory
Dragon · #21 · Rare · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$2.18
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 21 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 227
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Skarmory plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Power Count) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Skarmory
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.67 copies on average · 6 decks
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Skarmory?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
MPick On
If the number of cards in your opponent's hand is at least 6, look at his or her hand. Choose a number of cards there until your opponent has 5 cards left in his or her hand and have your opponent shuffle the cards you chose into his or her deck.
MCPower Count — 20+
Count the amount of Energy attached to all of your Pokémon and all of your opponent's Pokémon. If your Pokémon have less Energy than your opponent's, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:G-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.50 | $2.99 | $32.80 | $2.18 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $30.00 | $50.00 | $399.99 | $30.84 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.92 |
| 7-day average | €0.81 |
| 30-day average | €0.97 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €1.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €16.15 |
| reverseHoloSell | €10.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €10.24 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.93 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Skarmory is real?
Skarmory is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Skarmory worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Skarmory is $2.18; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Skarmory from?
Skarmory is from the Pokémon set "Dragon" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Skarmory?
Skarmory is a Rare card in the Dragon set.
Other Skarmory printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
