Flaaffy 34/111 · Neo Genesis

Flaaffy is Pokédex #180, generation 2 (Johto). Flaaffy is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 26. 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 34/111 in Neo Genesis, position 34 of 111. Before it is 33 Electabuzz, and after it is 35 Furret. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on December 16, 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Discharge lists 30× damage. The cost is Lightning. Discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Flaaffy in order to use this attack. Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Lightning Energy cards you discarded. This attack does 30 damage times then number of heads. Electric Current is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Take 1 Lightning Energy cards attached to Flaaffy and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you have no Benched Pokémon, discard that Energy card. Weakness is Fighting ×2. 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 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Flaaffy 28/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Flaaffy list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Genesis set binder is where a full Neo Genesis 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.