Electrike 62/99 · Arceus

Electrike is Pokédex #309, generation 3 (Hoenn). Electrike is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 22. The card lists Manectric, Manectric (#310) under evolves to.

Electrike sits at 62/99 in Arceus, position 62 of 111. Before it is 61 Croagunk, and after it is 63 Electrike. 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 Common.

The attack Zap Kick lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Thunder Jolt is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Electrike does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. 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 23 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). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Electrike list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukiko Baba. I count 151 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. Electrike can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.