Surfing Pikachu VMAX 9/25 · Celebrations

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Surfing Pikachu VMAX is a VMAX Lightning Pokémon with 310 HP. The card says it evolves from Surfing Pikachu V. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Surfing Pikachu VMAX sits at 9/25 in Celebrations, position 9 of 25. Before it is 8 Surfing Pikachu V, and after it is 10 Zekrom. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on October 8, 2021. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

The attack Max Surfer lists 160 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. This attack also does 30 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

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 VMAX. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 310 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and aky CG Works illustrated this one. 205 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads aky CG Works. I count 163 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celebrations set binder is where a full Celebrations set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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.