Flying Pikachu 110/108 · Evolutions

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Flying Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 12. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Flying Pikachu sits at 110/108 in Evolutions, position 110 of 113. Before it is 109 ナッシー[Exeggutor], and after it is 111 Surfing Pikachu. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 2, 2016. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 108. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Thunder Shock lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Fly is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "By learning how to fly, Pikachu overcame its weakness to Fighting Pokémon."

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 Flying Pikachu. Both list 40 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 199 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Toshinao Aoki. I count 57 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Evolutions set binder is where a full Evolutions 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.