# My current obsession: SkyCards! Anyone else play?

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**Created:** [June 11, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-current-obsession-skycards-anyone-else-play/1030818 "2026-06-11T07:05:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-current-obsession-skycards-anyone-else-play/1030818/244 "2026-07-25T13:17:53Z")

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Here’s a post I just made about some real-world rare planespotting. Which made me think to ask you folks how SkyCards rates the rarity of the EMB-120. It won’t be onesy-twosy rare, but it might be couple-dozen rare.

> [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-2/1030892/202):
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> I’m traveling in the Caribbean this week. And encountered a [Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_120_Brasilia) from [Sunrise Airways - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_Airways). They were built from 1985 to 2001. It’s been years since I last saw one, and if asked, I would have said the type is probably retired, or real close to it. The Brasilia article says about 727 were built, and lists 105 still in use as of 8 years ago. At their age, and in the parts of the world where they’d be operating that late in life, 8 years is a long time. D…

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