Flaaffy 56/115 · Unseen Forces

Unseen Forces is a set in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. Flaaffy is 56/115, in position 58 of 145 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Eevee, and after it is 57 Gligar. The listed rarity is Common.

Flaaffy is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flaaffy (#180), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Mareep. In this catalog that name is Mareep (#179). The card lists Ampharos, Ampharos (#181) under evolves to.

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Flaaffy (#180) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Flaaffy 34/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Flaaffy list a different HP.

The attack Thunder Wave lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Thunder is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flaaffy does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -30. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Unseen Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unseen Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flaaffy can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.