Electrode (Skyridge 36)

Electrode   マルマイン Marumine

Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Voltorb Card name Electrode Type Lightning HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Skyridge Rarity English card no. 36/144 Japanese expansion Mysterious Mountains Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 040/088 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Electrode.

Electrode (Japanese: マルマイン Marumine) is a Lightning-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Skyridge expansion.

Card text

Plasma プラズマ 20

If there are any Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Electrode.

Selfdestruct じばく 100

This attack does 20 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Electrode does 100 damage to itself.

e-Reader data

This card's ID is F-39-#. The short strip contains Pokédex information, a brief card summary, and information on the content of the long strip.

Pokédex data

Electrode - Ball Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
101	3'11" (1.2 m)	147.0 lbs. (66.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
The more energy it charges up, the faster it gets. But this also makes it more likely to explode.
たいりょうの　でんきエネルギーを　もてあまし　ひまに　なると　ばくはつして　あそぶので　きけん。

Hidden Poké-Power

The long strip contains data for an additional Poké-Power this card can use:

Energy Sprinkle エネスプリンクル

You can use this power once during your turn (before your attack), if Electrode is your Active Pokémon. This Poké-Power lets you move a number of basic Energy cards attached to Electrode to any number of your Benched Pokémon. This power can't be used when Electrode is affected by a Special Condition.

Selecting "Yes" reveals the number of Energy cards. The exact number of cards chosen, based on disassembly, is chosen from a random number ranging from 0 to 99. (100-1.)

 0-54: 1 Card.
55-84: 2 Cards.
85-94: 3 Cards.
95-97: 4 Cards.
98-99: All Cards.

Trivia

Origin

Plasma is an attack that first appeared on Rocket's Zapdos from Gym Challenge. Selfdestruct is a move in the Pokémon games that Electrode can learn. This card's English e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Crystal, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

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