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Électrode

Set de Base / #21/102

Électrode

Printed language: French · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Set de Base
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Keiji Kinebuchi
Source reference
base1-21

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Electrode feeds on electricity around it. It sometimes gathers with others near power plants to take advantage of newly generated power. On stormy days, this appetite can leave it so charged that it explodes repeatedly. Its round body then conceals a very fragile balance: sometimes a jolt is enough to release the accumulated energy violently. Its presence near an electrical source therefore deserves more attention than its resemblance to a Poké Ball might suggest.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

When its body is swollen with electricity almost to bursting point, Electrode can let the wind carry it away. Pokémon Black thus adds a surprising consequence of its charge: it even changes how it moves. The explosive Pokémon temporarily becomes something carried through the air.

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Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Électrique
Stage (source)
Niveau 1
Evolves from (printed name)
Voltorbe
Pokédex number
101
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Combat ×2

Printed card text — French

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

Il emmagasine des quantités énormes de courant électrique sous pression pouvant exploser.

Abilities

Buzzap

Pouvoir Pokémon

N'importe quand durant votre tour (avant votre attaque), vous pouvez mettre Électrode K.O. et l'attacher à 1 de vos autres Pokémon. Si vous le faites, choisissez un type d'Énergie. Électrode est maintenant une carte Énergie (au lieu d'un Pokémon) qui fournit 2 Énergies de ce type. Ce pouvoir ne peut être utilisé si Électrode est Endormi, Confus ou Paralysé.

Attacks

Choc Électrique

Cost: Électrique · Électrique · Électrique

Damage: 50

Lancez une pièce. Si c'est pile, Électrode s'inflige 10 dégâts.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • Normal · illimité · Standard
  • Normal · sans ombre · Standard · 1re Édition
  • Normal · sans ombre · Standard
  • Normal · Copyright 1999-2000 · Standard

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