Electrike 60/160 · Primal Clash

Electrike is Pokédex #309, generation 3 (Hoenn). Electrike is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Manectric, Manectric (#310) under evolves to.

Electrike sits at 60/160 in Primal Clash, position 60 of 164. Before it is 59 Electrike, and after it is 61 Manectric. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Thunder Fang lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. Ω Barrier is the ancient trait on this card. Whenever your opponent plays a Trainer card (excluding Pokémon Tools and Stadium cards), prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon. The flavor text reads "It stores static electricity in its fur for discharging. It gives off sparks if a storm approaches."

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). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Electrike list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sanosuke Sakuma. I count 158 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Primal Clash set binder is where a full Primal Clash 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.