Pikachu 25/25 · McDonald's Collection 2021

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

Pikachu sits at 25/25 in McDonald's Collection 2021, position 25 of 25. The card before it is 24 Sobble. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on February 9, 2021. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length.

The attack Meal Time lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, draw a card. Gnaw is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its nature is to store up electricity. Forests where nests of Pikachu live are dangerous, since the trees are so often struck by lightning."

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. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sanosuke Sakuma. I count 158 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

McDonald's Collection 2021 set binder is where a full McDonald's Collection 2021 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.