Pokémon · EX
Electrike
Emerald · #48 · Common · 2005
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From
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Market reference
$0.75
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 48 / 107
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Manectric
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 309
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Electrike plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Skull Bash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Electrike
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 2.6 copies on average · 15 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Mega Manectric ex
in 100% of decks · 15 seen
Tynamo
in 100% of decks · 15 seen
Eelektrik
in 100% of decks · 15 seen
Mega Eelektross ex
in 87% of decks · 13 seen
Canari
in 93% of decks · 14 seen
Air Balloon
in 80% of decks · 12 seen
Special Red Card
in 67% of decks · 10 seen
Buddy-Buddy Poffin
in 93% of decks · 14 seen
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Electrike?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CRear Kick — 10
LCSkull Bash — 30
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:M-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Electrike has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Electrike — Mega Evolution
Played in 114 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/06/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.29 | $0.84 | $19.98 | $0.75 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $19.26 | $39.99 | $446.30 | $21.34 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.32 |
| 30-day average | €0.26 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.43 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.24 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.65 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.56 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Electrike is real?
Electrike is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Electrike worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Electrike is $0.75; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Electrike from?
Electrike is from the Pokémon set "Emerald" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Electrike?
Electrike is a Common card in the Emerald set.
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Other Electrike printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
