Pikachu-EX XY84/211 · 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 XY84/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 85 of 216. Before it is XY83 Arceus, and after it is XY85 Hoopa-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 Iron Tail lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Overspark is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Lightning Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 50 damage times the number of Energy cards you discarded. 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 Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. 210 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hitoshi Ariga. I count 155 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.