Celestial Storm

Manectric CES 52/168

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Manectric CES 52

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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 CES 52/168 there. Its illustration is signed Sanosuke Sakuma.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Celestial Storm set, released here on 3 August 2018.

When it came out

Celestial Storm landed here on 3 August 2018.

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
110
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
52/168
Set
Celestial StormCES
Illustrated by
Sanosuke Sakuma

Its Ability

Electric StartDémarrage Électrique

If you go second, and if this Pokémon is in your hand when you are setting up to play, you may put it face down as your Active Pokémon or on your Bench.Si vous jouez en second et que ce Pokémon est dans votre main lorsque vous vous apprêtez à jouer, vous pouvez le placer, face cachée, en tant que Pokémon Actif ou Pokémon de Banc.

Its attacks

Double ChargeCharge Dupliquée

40

You may attach up to 2 basic Energy cards from your hand to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.Vous pouvez attacher jusqu’à 2 cartes Énergie de base de votre main à l’un de vos Pokémon de Banc.

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

    It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,417 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

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,417 tournament lists we have read, 1,215 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

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