Surfing Pikachu 114/111 · Rising Rivals

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Surfing Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 13. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Surfing Pikachu sits at 114/111 in Rising Rivals, position 114 of 120. Before it is 113 Flying Pikachu, and after it is RT1 Fan Rotom. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 111. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Surf lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "One summer, a group of Pikachu was found riding the waves at the local beach."

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 Surfing Pikachu. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Toshinao Aoki. I count 57 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals 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.