Electrode 52/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Boundaries Crossed is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 7 November 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Electrode is 52/149, in position 52 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Voltorb, and after it is 53 Electabuzz. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Electrode is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. 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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 39 other cards of Electrode list a different HP.

The attack Static Shock lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Electro Ball is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "It is known to drift on winds if it is bloated to bursting with stored electricity."

I keep a set binder for Boundaries Crossed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Boundaries Crossed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electrode can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.