Crystal Guardians

Manectric

CG8· Rare
Manectric CG 8

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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
-30
Number
8/100
Set
Crystal GuardiansCG
Illustrated by
Hisao Nakamura

Its attacks

Kick Away

30

Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any.

Strong Current

50

If Manectric has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon-ex. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for 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

    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.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 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

Crystal Guardians landed here on 30 August 2006.

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 38 Manectric cards on one page, priciest first.

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