Ampharos 1/147 · Aquapolis

Ampharos is Pokédex #181, generation 2 (Johto). Ampharos is a Stage 2 Lightning Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Flaaffy. In this catalog that name is Flaaffy (#180).

Ampharos sits at 1/147 in Aquapolis, position 1 of 182. The next card is 2 Arcanine. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Thundershock lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Reflect Energy is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. If you have any Benched Pokémon and if there are any basic Energy cards attached to Ampharos, take 1 of those Energy cards and attach it to 1 of those Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Ampharos (#181) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ampharos 1/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. 34 other cards of Ampharos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshida. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ampharos can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.