Electrike 63/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Electrike is 63/99, in position 63 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Electrike, and after it is 64 Gastly. The listed rarity is Common.

Electrike is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 20. In the Pokédex this is Electrike (#309), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Manectric, Manectric (#310) under evolves to.

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

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 Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Electrike list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. 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."

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electrike can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.