Electrode 46/185 · Vivid Voltage

Vivid Voltage is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 13 November 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. Electrode is 46/185, in position 46 of 203 on this checklist. Before it is 45 Voltorb, and after it is 47 Jolteon. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Electrode is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Electrode (#101), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Voltorb. In this catalog that name is Voltorb (#100).

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

Electrode (#101) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 39 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Electrode 21/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Electrode list a different HP.

Buzzap Generator is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is on your Bench, you may search your deck for up to 2 Lightning Energy cards and attach them to your Lightning Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck. If you searched your deck in this way, this Pokémon is Knocked Out. The attack Electric Ball lists 100 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It stores an overflowing amount of electric energy inside its body. Even a small shock makes it explode." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Vivid Voltage, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Vivid Voltage set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Electrode can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.