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Skiploom

Team Rocket Returns / #49/109

Skiploom

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Team Rocket Returns
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Kyoko Umemoto
Source reference
ex7-49

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Skiploom opens its flower when the temperature rises. Its bud changes with the surrounding air, and the Pokédex places blooming at around eighteen degrees. It floats closer to the sun and spreads its petals to absorb light. Some people watch its flower opening as a natural thermometer. Its body thus follows seasonal changes as well as the daily movement of light.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Omega Ruby connects Skiploom's blooming with a temperature of 18°C and reports its use as a thermometer. Pokémon X notes that the bud responds to changes in the air. Its flower therefore provides a visible sign of a change not directly seen.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Hoppip
Pokédex number
188
Retreat cost
0 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2
Resistance (source)
Water -30

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.

Abilities

Buffer

Poke-BODY

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.

Attacks

Miracle Powder

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

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

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • reverse · standard · set-logo
  • normal · standard

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