Pikachu BW54/101 · BW Black Star Promos

BW Black Star Promos is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 1 March 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. Pikachu is BW54/101, in position 54 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is BW53 Flygon, and after it is BW55 Elgyem. 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.

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 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 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Electro Ball is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It occasionally uses an electric shock to recharge a fellow Pikachu that is in a weakened state."

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