Manectric 44/99 · Arceus

Manectric is Pokédex #310, generation 3 (Hoenn). Manectric is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 44. The card says it evolves from Electrike. In this catalog that name is Electrike (#309).

Manectric sits at 44/99 in Arceus, position 44 of 111. Before it is 43 Luxio, and after it is 45 Pelipper. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Tackle lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Head Bolt is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting +20. Resistance is Metal -20. The flavor text reads "It discharges electricity from its mane. It creates a thundercloud overhead to drop lightning bolts."

Manectric (#310) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Manectric 9/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Manectric list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Arceus set binder is where a full Arceus set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Manectric can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.