Electrike 58/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Electrike is 58/189, in position 58 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Ampharos, and after it is 59 Manectric. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Yumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 24 other cards in the catalog.

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). 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 Yumi illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Electrike list a different HP.

The attack Thunderbolt lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Discard all Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It stores static electricity in its fur for discharging. It gives off sparks if a storm approaches." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze 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.