Electabuzz 2/53 · Wizards Black Star Promos

Wizards Black Star Promos is a set in the Base series. It was released on July 1, 1999. The printed size is 53, and the checklist is the same length. Electabuzz is 2/53, in position 2 of 53 on this checklist. Before it is 1 Pikachu, and after it is 3 Mewtwo. The listed rarity is Promo.

Electabuzz is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 20. In the Pokédex this is Electabuzz (#125), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Electivire, Electivire (#466) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Electabuzz (#125) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electabuzz 20/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Promo. 25 other cards of Electabuzz list a different HP.

The attack Light Screen lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Whenever an attack does damage to Electabuzz (after applying Weakness and Resistance) during your opponent's next turn, that attack only does half the damage to Electabuzz (rounded down to the nearest 10). (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) Quick Attack is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 10 damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A wild Pokémon with a short temper. It is able to distinguish colors, and likes the color red."

I keep a set binder for Wizards Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Wizards Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electabuzz can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.