Pachirisu 5/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 February 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Pachirisu is 5/106, in position 5 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Darkrai, and after it is 6 Porygon-Z. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Pachirisu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 30. In the Pokédex this is Pachirisu (#417), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 38 other cards in the catalog.

Pachirisu (#417) has 18 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 Pachirisu 35/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 2 other cards of Pachirisu list a different HP.

The attack Call for Family lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Smash Short is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 10 damage plus 30 more damage. Discard that Pokémon Tool card, look at your opponent's hand, and discard any Pokémon Tool cards of the same name you find there. Weakness is Fighting +20. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It makes fur balls that crackle with static electricity. It stores them with berries in tree holes."

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