Pikachu 16/17 · POP Series 2

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

Pikachu sits at 16/17 in POP Series 2, position 16 of 17. Before it is 15 Phanpy, and after it is 17 Celebi ex. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Gnaw lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Thunder Jolt is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yuka Morii illustrated this one. 199 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yuka Morii. I count 204 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 2 set binder is where a full POP Series 2 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 Yuka Morii clay cards. I still need this card.