Flaaffy 280/264 · Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. Flaaffy is 280/264, in position 280 of 284 on this checklist. Before it is 279 Sidney, and after it is 281 Power Tablet. The collector number is above the printed set size of 264. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Flaaffy is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flaaffy (#180), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Mareep. In this catalog that name is Mareep (#179). The card lists Ampharos, Ampharos (#181) under evolves to.

Studio Bora Inc. illustrated this card. The same name is on 92 other cards in the catalog.

Flaaffy (#180) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Flaaffy 34/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Secret. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Studio Bora Inc. illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 18 other cards of Flaaffy list a different HP.

Dynamotor is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. The attack Electro Ball lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It stores electricity in its fluffy fleece. If it stores up too much, it will start to go bald in those patches." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Fusion Strike, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fusion Strike set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flaaffy can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.