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Electrode
Evolutions 40/108 • rare
- Set
- Evolutions
- Number
- 40/108
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2016
- Energy type
- Electric energy
- Market price
- $0.45
- Artist
- Keiji Kinebuchi
What it does
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may Knock Out this Pokémon and attach it to one of your Lightning Pokémon as a Special Energy card. This card provides 2 Lightning Energy only while this card is attached to a Pokémon.
It explodes in response to even minor stimuli. It is feared, with the nickname of "The Bomb Ball."
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Where it came from
The Electrode card from the XY—Evolutions expansion was released by The Pokémon Company International in 2016. This set was designed as a tribute to the original Base Set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which debuted in the late 1990s. The expansion sought to capitalize on the nostalgia surrounding the 20th anniversary of the franchise by utilizing updated mechanics while retaining the iconic art styles and layouts that defined the early era of competitive play.
The artwork for this specific card features a classic depiction of the ball-shaped Pokémon, rendered in a style that evokes the aesthetic of Ken Sugimori’s original illustrations. While the card retains the visual charm of its predecessors, it is updated with modern card stock and card frame conventions. Upon its release, the set was widely praised by long-term collectors for its faithful recreation of vintage imagery, serving as a bridge between the childhood memories of the original players and the contemporary meta-game.
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