Pokémon · XY
Electrike
Primal Clash · #60 · Uncommon · 2015
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From
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Market reference
$0.34
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 60 / 164
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Manectric
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sanosuke Sakuma
- Pokédex #
- 309
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Electrike
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 2.66 copies on average · 348 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.3%
- -10.1 pts vs the 47.3% field average
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.
Manectric
in 87% of decks · 41 seen
Mega Zeraora ex
in 23% of decks · 11 seen
Voltaic Lightning Energy
in 96% of decks · 45 seen
Tapu Koko
in 7% of decks · 25 seen
Mega Manectric ex
in 100% of decks · 348 seen
Mega Manectric ex
in 98% of decks · 46 seen
Manectric
in 36% of decks · 126 seen
Mega Eelektross ex
in 82% of decks · 287 seen
More by Sanosuke Sakuma
This card was illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma.
Building around Electrike?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It stores static electricity in its fur for discharging. It gives off sparks if a storm approaches."
Ancient Trait: Ω Barrier
Whenever your opponent plays a Trainer card (excluding Pokémon Tools and Stadium cards), prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon.
LThunder Fang — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:M-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Electrike was legal.
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 162 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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.13 | $0.40 | $4,321.00 | $0.34 | $0.20 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.64 | $2.39 | $19.98 | $2.48 | $2.85 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.49 |
| 7-day average | €0.81 |
| 30-day average | €0.67 |
| Low | €0.03 |
| Trend price | €0.96 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.89 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.97 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.57 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.06 |
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 $0.34; 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 "Primal Clash" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Electrike?
Electrike is a Uncommon card in the Primal Clash set.
Other Electrike printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
