Flying Pikachu 113/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Flying Pikachu is 113/111, in position 113 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 112 Pikachu, and after it is 114 Surfing Pikachu. The collector number is above the printed set size of 111. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Flying Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 12. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Toshinao Aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 other cards in the catalog.

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 Flying Pikachu. Both list 40 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 199 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Thundershock lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Fly is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Flying Pikachu during your opponent's next turn. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "By learning how to fly, Pikachu overcame its weakness to Fighting Pokémon."

I keep a set binder for Rising Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rising Rivals 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.