Ampharos-EX #87 from Ancient Origins - Rare Ultra - Illustrated by Ryo Ueda
Lightning

Ampharos-EX

#87/101 in Ancient Origins, Rare Ultra, 170 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Ryo Ueda.

Card number
#87/101
Rarity
Rare Ultra
HP
170 HP
Type
Lightning
Language
English
Release date
August 12, 2015
Illustrator
Ryo Ueda
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Collector Notes

Ampharos-EX

Ampharos-EX appears in the English print of Ancient Origins, released on August 12, 2015. Ampharos-EX is a rare ultra rarity and 170 HP. The Ancient Origins set contains 101 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Ryo Ueda.

Collector Insights

Ampharos-EX is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 170 HP, featuring a Retreat cost of two Colorless Energy. It includes two attacks: Thunder Rod, which costs one Colorless Energy and allows the player to look at the top four cards of their deck, attaching any Lightning Energy cards found there to Ampharos-EX before shuffling the remaining cards back into the deck, and Sparkling Tail, which requires four Energy (two Lightning and two Colorless) to deal 100 damage without being influenced by Weakness, Resistance, or other effects on the opponent’s Active Pokémon. The card has a Metal resistance of -20 and a Fighting weakness multiplied by two. It belongs to the XY series, released in the Ancient Origins set on August 12, 2015, and is numbered 87 with a rarity of Rare Ultra. The card’s artwork is by Ryo Ueda, and it is classified as a Pokémon-EX with a regulation mark absent. Additionally, the rules state that if a Pokémon-EX is Knocked Out, the opponent takes two Prize cards.

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