Pikachu XY89/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Pikachu is XY89/211, in position 90 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY88 Chespin, and after it is XY90 Hoopa. The listed rarity is Promo.

Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

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 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Thunder Wave lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Electric Ring is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. If Hoopa is on your Bench, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has small electric sacs on both its cheeks. If threatened, it looses electric charges from the sacs."

I keep a set binder for XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos set binder. 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.