Pikachu 51/162 · Temporal Forces

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

Pikachu sits at 51/162 in Temporal Forces, position 51 of 218. Before it is 50 Walking Wake ex, and after it is 52 Raichu. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Random Spark lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. This attack does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can build and cause lightning storms." The regulation mark is H.

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 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and kodama illustrated this one. 170 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kodama. I count 86 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Temporal Forces set binder is where a full Temporal Forces 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.