Pikachu-EX XY174/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu-EX is a Basic EX Lightning Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu-EX sits at XY174/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 176 of 216. Before it is XY173 Volcanion-EX, and after it is XY175 Magearna-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Thunder Shock lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Mega Thunderbolt is another attack lists 160 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Discard all Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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-EX. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 210 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY Black Star Promos 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.