Ampharos-GX 43/181 · Team Up

Ampharos is Pokédex #181, generation 2 (Johto). Ampharos-GX is a Stage 2 GX Lightning Pokémon with 240 HP. The card says it evolves from Flaaffy. In this catalog that name is Flaaffy (#180).

Ampharos-GX sits at 43/181 in Team Up, position 43 of 198. Before it is 42 Flaaffy, and after it is 44 Blitzle. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 1 February 2019. The printed size is 181. This checklist is longer, at 198 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo GX.

The attack Power Recharge lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning. Put all Electropower cards from your discard pile into your hand. Impact Bolt is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. Electrical-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Search your deck for up to 7 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 is named Ampharos, while this one is Ampharos-GX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 240 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo GX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 35 other cards of Ampharos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Up set binder is where a full Team Up 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.