Electivire 47/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Electivire is 47/172, in position 47 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 46 Electabuzz, and after it is 48 Raikou V. The listed rarity is Rare.

Electivire is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Electivire (#466), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Electabuzz. In this catalog that name is Electabuzz (#125).

AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this card. The same name is on 83 other cards in the catalog.

Electivire (#466) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electivire 3/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Electivire list a different HP.

The attack Explosive Bolt lists 30+ damage. The cost is Lightning. If any of your Benched Magmortar have any damage counters on them, this attack does 90 more damage. High-Voltage Current is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The amount of electrical energy this Pokémon produces is proportional to the rate of its pulse. The voltage jumps while Electivire is battling." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electivire can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.