Pikachu δ 35/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu δ is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu δ sits at 35/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos, position 35 of 40. Before it is 34 Typhlosion, and after it is 36 Tropical Tidal Wave. The set belongs to the NP series. It was released on October 1, 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Thunder Wave lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Iron Tail is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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 is named Pikachu, while this one is Pikachu δ. Both list 40 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 199 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Nintendo Black Star Promos set binder is where a full Nintendo Black Star Promos 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 and Delta Species cards. I still need this card.