Emolga 32/98 · Emerging Powers

Emolga is Pokédex #587, generation 5 (Unova). Emolga is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP.

Emolga sits at 32/98 in Emerging Powers, position 32 of 98. Before it is 31 Beartic, and after it is 33 Joltik. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Thundershock lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Acrobatics is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "The energy made in its cheeks' electric pouches is stored inside its membranes and released while it is gliding."

Emolga (#587) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Emolga 37/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Emolga list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Emolga can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.