Electabuzz 41/108 · Evolutions

Evolutions is a set in the XY series. It was released on 2 November 2016. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. Electabuzz is 41/108, in position 41 of 113 on this checklist. Before it is 40 Electrode, and after it is 42 Zapdos. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

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 Common. 19 other cards of Electabuzz list a different HP.

The attack Thunder Shock lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Thunder Punch is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. If tails, this Pokémon does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. 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."

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