Flaaffy 42/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

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

Flaaffy sits at 42/123 in HeartGold & SoulSilver, position 42 of 124. Before it is 41 Dunsparce, and after it is 43 Heracross. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Thunder Spear lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Thundershock is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "As a result of storing too much electricity, it developed patches where even downy wool won't grow."

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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Flaaffy list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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