Electabuzz BS 20/102

Name: Electabuzz BS 20/102
Brand: Pokémon

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Seller location

Electabuzz has appeared in several sets: Base Set (BS 20) and Platinum (PL 128). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP: 70
Type: Lightning
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Number: 20/102
Set: Base SetBSSet guide
Illustrated by: Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Thundershock

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Thunderpunch

30+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage; if tails, this attack does 30 damage and Electabuzz does 10 damage to itself.

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.

A strength
70 HP, and nothing in Best of game goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
A strength
Thunderpunch hits for 30 on 2 Energy. Nothing in Best of game hits harder for that price.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,076 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,076 tournament lists we have read, 1,726 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Electabuzz BS 20/102Base SetRareThe one you are looking atRare
Electabuzz PL 128/127PlatinumRareRare

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 34 Electabuzz cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Electabuzz cards

Electabuzz BS 20/102

The market for this printing

When it came out