# Skarmory #21/97 — Dragon

## Summary

Skarmory is a Johto Steel-bird that fans respect as a defensive wall, and Metal Pokémon from the early EX years carry a loyal following. Hisao Nakamura is a long-serving Pokémon TCG illustrator, and as a plain Rare in Dragon this was a solid mid-tier pull rather than a chase slot. The modelled guide sits at $2.59, up 1% over 30 days on 14 copies traded, with 394 days of inventory on the board; a CGC 10 brings $130, 50 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Dragon |
| Number | 21/97 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Hisao Nakamura |
| Release date | 2003-11-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Metal |
| Attack: Pick On | cost Metal — 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. |
| Attack: Power Count | cost Metal/Colorless — damage 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 | Fire x2 |
| Resistance | Grass -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Skarmory #227](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/skarmory) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$2.59** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-09
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-09
- Floor delivered ask: $3.77 — as of 2026-11-09T22:37:21.807Z
- Quant score: 53/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-09T22:37:21.807Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-11-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-10T08:07:19.500Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-21T10:02:42.641Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-16T04:28:22.690Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-21T10:02:42.641Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T18:31:39.441Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/dragon/skarmory-21)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex3-21%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)