Pichu 45/100 · Stormfront

Pichu is Pokédex #172, generation 2 (Johto). Pichu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 8. The card lists Pikachu, Pikachu (#025) under evolves to.

Pichu sits at 45/100 in Stormfront, position 45 of 106. Before it is 44 Miltank, and after it is 46 Piloswine. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2008. The printed size is 100. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Baby Evolution is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may put Pikachu from your hand onto Pichu (this counts as evolving Pichu) and remove all damage counters from Pichu. The attack Electric Circuit lists no damage number. Search your discard pile for up to 4 Lightning Energy cards, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The electric pouches on its cheeks are still small. They cannot store much electricity yet."

Pichu (#172) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pichu 35/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Pichu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Stormfront set binder is where a full Stormfront set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pichu can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.