Flaaffy 48/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Flaaffy is 48/127, in position 48 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Crobat G, and after it is 49 Grotle. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Flaaffy is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 22. In the Pokédex this is Flaaffy (#180), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Mareep. In this catalog that name is Mareep (#179). The card lists Ampharos, Ampharos (#181) under evolves to.

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

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 Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Flaaffy list a different HP.

The attack Spark lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Tail Code is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Move an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon to another of your opponent's Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting +20. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If its coat becomes fully charged with electricity, its tail lights up. It fires hair that zaps on impact."

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flaaffy can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.