Ampharos 105/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Ampharos is Pokédex #181, generation 2 (Johto). Ampharos is a Stage 2 Prime Lightning Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Flaaffy. In this catalog that name is Flaaffy (#180).

Ampharos sits at 105/123 in HeartGold & SoulSilver, position 105 of 124. Before it is 104 Rainbow Energy, and after it is 106 Blissey. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 10 February 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Prime.

Conductivity is listed as Poké-Body. Whenever your opponent attaches an Energy card from his or her hand to 1 of his or her Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon. The attack Lightning Crush lists 40+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 40 more damage. If tails, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2.

Ampharos (#181) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ampharos 1/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Prime. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Ampharos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kent Kanetsuna. I count 74 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder is where a full HeartGold & SoulSilver set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ampharos can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.