Electivire 20/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Electivire is 20/102, in position 20 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Dugtrio, and after it is 21 Elekid. The listed rarity is Rare.

Electivire is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Electivire (#466), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Electabuzz. In this catalog that name is Electabuzz (#125).

TOKIYA illustrated this card. The same name is on 93 other cards in the catalog.

Electivire (#466) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electivire 3/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and TOKIYA illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Electivire list a different HP.

The attack Plasma lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning. Search your discard pile for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Electivire. Thunder Shot is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon that has any Energy cards attached to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "As its electric charge amplifies, blue sparks begin to crackle between its horns."

I keep a set binder for HS—Triumphant, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Triumphant set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electivire can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.