Lt. Surge's Pikachu 81/132 · Gym Heroes

Gym Heroes is a set in the Gym series. It was released on August 14, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. Lt. Surge's Pikachu is 81/132, in position 81 of 132 on this checklist. Before it is 80 Lt. Surge's Magnemite, and after it is 82 Lt. Surge's Rattata. The listed rarity is Common.

Lt. Surge's Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 15. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 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 is named Pikachu, while this one is Lt. Surge's Pikachu. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Charge lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Take 1 Lightning Energy card from your discard pile and attach it to Lt. Surge's Pikachu. Lightning Tail is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Gym Heroes, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Gym Heroes 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, Trainer's Pokémon, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Lt. Surge and his Pokémon. I still need this card.