Pikachu 42/128 · 30th Celebration

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP.

Pikachu sits at 42/128 in 30th Celebration, position 42 of 161. Before it is 41 Pikachu, and after it is 43 Pikachu. The set belongs to the Mega Evolution series. It was released on September 16, 2026. The printed size is 128. This checklist is longer, at 161 cards. The listed rarity is Pikachu Rare.

The attack Charge-Up Dash lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. Search your deck for an amount of Basic Lightning Energy up to the number of heads and attach it to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Pika Bolt is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The regulation mark is J.

Pikachu (#025) has 212 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 90 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. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Pikachu Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

30th Celebration set binder is where a full 30th Celebration 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.