Pikachu 70/100 · Majestic Dawn

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 12. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu sits at 70/100 in Majestic Dawn, position 70 of 100. Before it is 69 Omanyte, and after it is 71 Piplup. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2008. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Volt Tackle is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Pikachu does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If it looses crackling power from the electric pouches on its cheeks, it is being wary."

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. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Daisuke Ito illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Daisuke Ito. I count 47 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Majestic Dawn set binder is where a full Majestic Dawn 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.