Pikachu XY202/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 13. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu sits at XY202/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 207 of 216. Before it is XY201 Sharpedo Spirit Link, and after it is XY203 Gym Badge. 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 Charge lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Thunderbolt is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Discard all Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can build and cause lightning storms."

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 lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 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.