Dark Ampharos 2/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Ampharos is Pokédex #181, generation 2 (Johto). Dark Ampharos is a Stage 2 Lightning Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Dark Flaaffy. In this catalog that name is Flaaffy (#180).

Dark Ampharos sits at 2/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 2 of 111. Before it is 1 Azumarill, and after it is 3 Dark Crobat. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Darkest Impulse is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Dark Ampharos is in play, whenever your opponent plays an Evolution card from his or her hand to evolve 1 of his or her Pokémon, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use more than 1 Darkest Impulse Poké-Body each turn. The attack Ram lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Shock Bolt is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Lightning Energy attached to Dark Ampharos. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Lightning Darkness type.

Ampharos (#181) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 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 is named Ampharos, while this one is Dark Ampharos. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Emi Miwa illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Ampharos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Emi Miwa. I count 3 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket Returns set binder is where a full Team Rocket Returns 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.