Electabuzz 128/127 · Platinum

Electabuzz is Pokédex #125, generation 1 (Kanto). Electabuzz is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 35. The card lists Electivire, Electivire (#466) under evolves to.

Electabuzz sits at 128/127 in Platinum, position 128 of 133. Before it is 127 Shaymin LV.X, and after it is 129 Hitmonchan. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 127. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Thundershock lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Thunderpunch is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage. If tails, Electabuzz does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It loves to feed on strong electricity. It occasionally appears around large power plants and so on."

Electabuzz (#125) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electabuzz 20/102 in Base (1999). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Secret. 19 other cards of Electabuzz list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electabuzz can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.