Pokémon Parents Oceania
Cards/Hop's Silicobra
Hop's Silicobra card from the Journey Together set
Illustration by aspara. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Hop's Silicobra

A basic Fighting type that helps you find Stadium cards.

Fighting80 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

It uses Turf Maker to search your deck for a Stadium card and put it into your hand.

It uses Gnaw to deal 20 damage using one Fighting Energy and one Colorless Energy.

Signature attack

Gnaw

No game text. (20 damage)

The key ability here is Turf Maker. It lets you find specific Stadium cards from your deck to support your strategy. This is useful because Stadiums can change the rules of the game for both players.

Attacks

C
Turf Maker

Search your deck for a Stadium card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

FC
Gnaw20

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits decks that rely on Stadium cards for their main plan. It works well in Fighting type decks where you need extra setup power.

Strengths
  • Deck search
  • Fighting type
  • Basic status
Watch out for
  • Weak to Grass
  • Low damage attack
  • Common rarity
Pro tip

Use Turf Maker early in the game to get Stadium cards ready for later turns.

From the Pokédex

Silicobra is a snake Pokemon that lives in dry areas and hunts by constricting its prey.

Note for the parent

Check if your child has any Stadium cards they want to use, as this Pokemon helps find them.

Free, for parents

Join our parents' Discord

Swap tips, lifts to events, deck help and encouragement with other parents across Oceania. It is a parents-led community, so children take part through a parent.

Parents-led and moderated. See how we keep it safe.