Silicobra

Silicobra's design and name

Its sand pouch resembles a cobra's hood, and it may be based on the false cobra of North African and Middle Eastern deserts, with the sand-spitting defense recalling spitting cobras. The English name blends silicon and cobra, perhaps with silt. In Japanese its name and its category are the same word, one written in katakana and the other in hiragana, a distinction no other Pokémon shares.

Silicobra on cards

Silicobra's first card is a 2020 Sword & Shield Common illustrated by Misa Tsutsui, alongside a second printing that same set illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga. Shining Fates's Shiny Vault added a Shiny rare by Akira Komayama, and Battle Styles a Common by Atsuko Nishida, before it reached the Scarlet & Violet era through the base set and Journey Together's Hop's Silicobra illustrated by aspara.

Cards to know

• Silicobra (Sword & Shield #107)

  Silicobra's first card, a 2020 Sword & Shield Common by Misa Tsutsui.

• Silicobra (Shining Fates Shiny Vault #SV070)

  A Shining Fates Shiny Vault Shiny rare by Akira Komayama.

• Hop's Silicobra (Journey Together #086)

  Journey Together's Hop's Silicobra illustrated by aspara.

• Silicobra (Battle Styles #81)

  A Battle Styles Common illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.