Elektek

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Grundset
Rarity (source): Selten
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Source reference: base1-20

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The Pokémon’s story

Electabuzz seeks electricity even inside power plants, where its presence can disrupt the supply. As a storm approaches, groups head for high ground or wait near a tall tree for lightning to strike. Some towns have even exploited this attraction by using these Pokémon as lightning rods. Yet not every outage blamed on it is its doing. Its relationship with electricity thus combines a need to feed, gatherings beneath storms and a sometimes unfair reputation.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword states that some power plants keep Ground-type Pokémon nearby to stop Electabuzz stealing electricity. Pokémon Ultra Moon adds that outages blamed on Electabuzz sometimes conceal staff mistakes: its bad reputation goes beyond the facts.

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Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Elektro
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 125
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Kampf ×2

Printed card text — German

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Description from the source

Normalerweise in der Nähe von Kraftwerken zu finden. In Städten kann es größere Stromausfälle verursachen.

Attacks

Donnerschock

Cost: Elektro

Damage: 10

Wirf eine Münze. Bei „Kopf“ ist das verteidigende Pokémon gelähmt.

Donnerschlag

Cost: Elektro · Farblos

Damage: 30+

Wirf eine Münze. Bei „Kopf“ fügt dieser Angriff 30 Schadenspunkte plus 10 weitere Schadenspunkte zu; bei „Zahl“ fügt dieser Angriff 30 Schadenspunkte zu, und Elektek fügt sich selbst 10 Schadenspunkte zu.

Documented variants

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Normal
First Edition
Normal · unbegrenzt · Standard
Normal · schattenlos · Standard · 1. Auflage
Normal · schattenlos · Standard

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