Pikachu 28/73 · Shining Legends

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu sits at 28/73 in Shining Legends, position 29 of 81. Before it is 27 Shining Volcanion, and after it is 29 Raichu-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on October 6, 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Iron Tail lists 20× damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage for each heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A plan was recently announced to gather many Pikachu and make an electric power plant."

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). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Shining Legends set binder is where a full Shining Legends 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.