Pikachu VMAX 188/185 · Vivid Voltage

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu VMAX is a VMAX Lightning Pokémon with 310 HP. The card says it evolves from Pikachu V. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu VMAX sits at 188/185 in Vivid Voltage, position 188 of 203. Before it is 187 Galarian Darmanitan VMAX, and after it is 189 Coalossal VMAX. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 13, 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 185. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

The attack G-Max Volt Tackle lists 120+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 150 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

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 Pikachu VMAX. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 310 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and aky CG Works illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 205 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads aky CG Works. I count 163 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Vivid Voltage set binder is where a full Vivid Voltage 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.