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Skorupi

Sword & Shield / #121/202

Skorupi

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Sword & Shield
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
sowsow
Source reference
swsh1-121

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The Pokémon’s story

Skorupi waits for prey buried in sand. Once close enough, it uses the poisonous claws on its tail to strike. Venom then spreads through the victim's body and can paralyze it. The Pokédex also notes shared ancestors with Sizzlipede. This relationship does not change Skorupi's described method: a patient ambush followed by a precise tail attack rather than an exposed pursuit.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword places Skorupi in ambush beneath sand and mentions common ancestry with Sizzlipede. Pokémon Shield specifies the result of its attack: poison injected by its tail claws paralyzes the victim.

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Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
451
Regulation mark
D
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

It attacks using the claws on its tail. Once locked in its grip, its prey is unable to move as this Pokémon's poison seeps in.

Attacks

Poison Sting

Cost: Darkness

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Slashing Claw

Cost: Darkness · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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