Electrode G 39/111 · Rising Rivals

Electrode is Pokédex #101, generation 1 (Kanto). Electrode G is a Basic SP Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 38.

Electrode G sits at 39/111 in Rising Rivals, position 39 of 120. Before it is 38 Alakazam E4, and after it is 40 Gengar GL. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Reckless Bomb lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Electrode G does 100 damage to itself. Reflect Energy is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Move an Energy card attached to Electrode G to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1.

Electrode (#101) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 39 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electrode 21/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Electrode, while this one is Electrode G. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Yusuke Ishikawa illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Electrode list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yusuke Ishikawa. I count 14 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electrode can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.