Lickitung 16/18 · Detective Pikachu

Detective Pikachu is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on April 5, 2019. The printed size is 18, and the checklist is the same length. Lickitung is 16/18, in position 16 of 18 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Snubbull, and after it is 17 Ditto. The listed rarity is Common.

Lickitung is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lickitung (#108), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Lickilicky, Lickilicky (#463) under evolves to.

MPC Film illustrated this card. The same name is on 14 other cards in the catalog.

Lickitung (#108) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lickitung 38/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and MPC Film illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Lickitung list a different HP.

The attack Continuous Lick lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage for each heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It checks out whatever's around it by licking everything. If you don't clean off a spot where it's licked you, you'll break out in a rash!"

I keep a set binder for Detective Pikachu, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Detective Pikachu set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lickitung can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.