Manectric 16/106 · Emerald

Emerald is a set in the EX series. It was released on May 1, 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. Manectric is 16/106, in position 16 of 107 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Kyogre, and after it is 17 Nosepass. The listed rarity is Rare.

Manectric is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Manectric (#310), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Electrike. In this catalog that name is Electrike (#309).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Manectric (#310) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Manectric 9/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Manectric list a different HP.

The attack Dazzle Blast lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Zap Kick is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -30. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Emerald, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Emerald set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Manectric can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.