Pikachu HGSS03/25 · HGSS Black Star Promos

HGSS Black Star Promos is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. Pikachu is HGSS03/25, in position 3 of 25 on this checklist. Before it is HGSS02 Lugia, and after it is HGSS04 Wobbuffet. The listed rarity is Promo.

Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Kanako Eo illustrated this card. The same name is on 99 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 lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kanako Eo illustrated this one. 170 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Recharge lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward. Thunderbolt is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Energy attached to Pikachu. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It occasionally uses an electric shock to recharge a fellow Pikachu that is in a weakened state."

I keep a set binder for HGSS Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HGSS Black Star Promos 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. I still need this card.