Platinum

Ampharos

PL1· Holo Rare
Ampharos PL 1

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What the card itself says

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

HP
130
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+30
Resistance
-20
Number
1/127
Set
PlatinumPL
Illustrated by
Atsuko Nishida

Its Ability

Damage Bind

Each Pokémon that has any damage counters on it (both yours and your opponent's) can't use any Poké-Powers.

Its attacks

Gigavolt

30+

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

Reflect Energy

70

Move an Energy card attached to Ampharos to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

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

    130 HP. Only 2 cards in Platinum carry more.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Flaaffy to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting +30. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 875 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.

When it came out

Platinum landed here on 11 February 2009.

Every set, with both of its dates

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