Pikachu 4/53 · 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. Pikachu is 4/53, in position 4 of 53 on this checklist. Before it is 3 Mewtwo, and after it is 5 Dragonite. The listed rarity is Promo.

Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 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 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 Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Recharge lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward. Thunderbolt is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Discard all Energy cards attached to Pikachu in order to use this attack. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When several of these Pokémon gather, they attract so much electricity that they can cause lightning to strike."

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.