Pikachu 115/114 · Black & White

Black & White is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on April 25, 2011. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 115 cards. Pikachu is 115/114, in position 115 of 115 on this checklist. The card before it is 114 Zekrom. The collector number is above the printed set size of 114. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Pikachu (#025) has 212 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 89 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 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Energize lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Attach a Lightning Energy from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Thunderbolt is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This is an extremely rare Pikachu card. You're very lucky to have found it!"

I keep a set binder for Black & White, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Black & White 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.