Surfing Pikachu 28/53 · Wizards Black Star Promos

Wizards Black Star Promos is a set in the Base series. It was released on July 1, 1999. The printed size is 53, and the checklist is the same length. Surfing Pikachu is 28/53, in position 28 of 53 on this checklist. Before it is 27 Pikachu, and after it is 29 Marill. The listed rarity is Promo.

Surfing Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 32. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Toshinao Aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 other cards in the catalog.

Pikachu (#025) has 212 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 90 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Pikachu 58/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Pikachu, while this one is Surfing Pikachu. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Surf lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "One summer, a group of Pikachus was found riding the waves at the local beach."

I keep a set binder for Wizards Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Wizards Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pikachu can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are All Pikachu cards. I still need this card.