Electrike 53/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

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 53/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 53 of 109. Before it is 52 Electrike, and after it is 54 Koffing. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 July 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Super Thunder Wave lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, each Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Tackle is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -30. Retreat cost is 1.

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. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Electrike list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.