Pikachu 66/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Pikachu is 66/236, in position 66 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 65 Araquanid, and after it is 67 Raichu. The listed rarity is Common.

Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 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 lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 170 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Nuzzle lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Volt Tackle is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its nature is to store up electricity. Forests where nests of Pikachu live are dangerous, since the trees are so often struck by lightning."

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