Electrike 74/127 · Platinum

Electrike is Pokédex #309, generation 3 (Hoenn). Electrike is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 10. The card lists Manectric, Manectric (#310) under evolves to.

Electrike sits at 74/127 in Platinum, position 74 of 133. Before it is 73 Dunsparce, and after it is 75 Grimer. 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 Common.

The attack Roar lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Thunder Fang is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. The flavor text reads "Using electricity stored in its fur, it stimulates its muscles to heighten its reaction speed."

Electrike (#309) has 32 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Electrike 30/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Electrike list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 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. Electrike can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.