Skorupi (Diamond & Pearl 99)

Skorupi LV.9
スコルピ Scorupi
Psychic
SkorupiDiamondPearl99.jpg
Illus. Kouki Saitou
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Skorupi
Type Psychic
HP 60
weakness
Psychic+10
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion Diamond & Pearl
Rarity Common
English card no. 99/130
Japanese expansion Space-Time Creation
Japanese rarity Common
Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack
Japanese Half Deck Empoleon Half Deck
Expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Skorupi.

Skorupi (Japanese: スコルピ Scorupi) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Diamond & Pearl expansion.

Card text

  Poison Sting
どくばり
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
   Pin Missile
ミサイルばり
10×
Flip 4 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.


Pokédex data

Skorupi - Scorpion Pokémon
No. Height Weight
451 2'07" (0.8 m) 26.5 lbs. (12.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It grips prey with its tail claws and injects poison. It tenaciously hangs on until the poison takes.
しっぽの ツメで えものを はさみ どくを おくりこむ。どくが きくまで ぜったいに はなさない しゅうねん。


Release information

This card was included in the Diamond & Pearl expansion, first released in the Japanese Space-Time Creation expansion. It was later included in the Empoleon Half Deck of the Japanese Entry Pack. A promotional print was one of 24 released in the Pokémon Countdown Calendar in October 2008. This version features a gold foil snowflake stamp in the bottom right corner of the artwork.

Trivia

Pin Missile erroneously states "time the number of heads", instead of "times the number of heads".

Origin

Poison Sting and Pin Missile are both moves in the Pokémon games that Skorupi can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Diamond.


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