Dark Electrode 34/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on 24 April 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Electrode is 34/82, in position 34 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Dark Dragonair, and after it is 35 Dark Flareon. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dark Electrode is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 24. In the Pokédex this is Electrode (#101), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Voltorb. In this catalog that name is Voltorb (#100).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Electrode (#101) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 39 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electrode 21/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Electrode, while this one is Dark Electrode. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 45 other cards of Electrode list a different HP.

The attack Rolling Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Energy Bomb is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Take all Energy cards attached to Dark Electrode and attach them to your Benched Pokémon (in any way you choose). If you have no Benched Pokémon, discard all Energy cards attached to Dark Electrode. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Some researchers hypothesize that Electrode may actually be a form of energy instead of having an actual body."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electrode can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.