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Ampharos ex DR 89/97

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Ampharos ex DR 89

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DR 89/97 there. Its illustration is signed Ryo Ueda.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Dragon set, released here on 24 November 2003.

When it came out

Dragon landed here on 24 November 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

Panorama inspired by the artwork of Ampharos ex — Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists.

ex3 · n° 89

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
150
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
89/97
Set
DragonDR
Illustrated by
Ryo Ueda

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Its Ability

Conductivity

As long as Ampharos ex is in play, whenever your opponent attaches an Energy card to his or her Pokémon from hand, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon. You can't put more than 1 damage counter even if there is more than 1 Ampharos ex in play.

Its attacks

Gigavolt

40+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    150 HP. Only 1 cards in Dragon carry more.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Conductivity. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,212 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 39 Ampharos cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Ampharos card and its price