Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Skarmory
Great Encounters · #53 · Uncommon · 2008
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Market reference
$0.49
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 53 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 227
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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 (Steel Wing) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- 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 Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Skarmory?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph."
MAir Crash — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
MCCSteel Wing — 40
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Skarmory by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Weakness:R+20
Resistance:P-20
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.47 | $19.40 | $0.49 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.24 | $3.62 | $89.80 | $3.87 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.11 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.21 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.35 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.99 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.13 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.09 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.19 |
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 $0.49; 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 "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Skarmory?
Skarmory is a Uncommon card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Skarmory printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
