Ampharos 1/127 · Platinum

Ampharos is Pokédex #181, generation 2 (Johto). Ampharos is a Stage 2 Lightning Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 57. The card says it evolves from Flaaffy. In this catalog that name is Flaaffy (#180).

Ampharos sits at 1/127 in Platinum, position 1 of 133. The next card is 2 Blastoise. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Damage Bind is listed as Poké-Body. Each Pokémon that has any damage counters on it (both yours and your opponent's) can't use any Poké-Powers. The attack Gigavolt lists 30+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 30 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Reflect Energy is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Move an Energy card attached to Ampharos to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting +30. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2.

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 lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Ampharos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum 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). I still need this card.