Flaaffy HS 42/123

Name: Flaaffy HS 42/123
Brand: Pokémon

HSUncommon

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Flaaffy has appeared in several sets: HS trainer Kit (Raichu) (TK4R 3), HeartGold SoulSilver (HS 42) and Call of Legends (COL 43). 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

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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

HeartGold SoulSilver landed here on 10 February 2010.

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: 80
Type: Lightning
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -20
Number: 42/123
Set: HeartGold SoulSilverHSSet guide
Illustrated by: Masakazu Fukuda

Its attacks

Thunder Spear

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Thundershock

Flip a coin. If heads, 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.

A strength
80 HP. Only 1 cards in HS trainer Kit (Raichu) carry more.
A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
Thundershock hits for 40 on 3 Energy. Nothing in HS trainer Kit (Raichu) hits harder for that price.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,067 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 8,067 tournament lists we have read, 1,724 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.

Flaaffy TK4R 3/30HS trainer Kit (Raichu)
Flaaffy TK4R 17/30HS trainer Kit (Raichu)
Flaaffy HS 42/123HeartGold SoulSilverUncommonThe one you are looking atUncommon
Flaaffy COL 43/95Call of LegendsUncommonUncommon

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 32 Flaaffy cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Flaaffy cards

Flaaffy HS 42/123

The market for this printing

When it came out