Pikachu BW77/101 · BW Black Star Promos

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

Pikachu sits at BW77/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 77 of 101. Before it is BW76 Electrode, and after it is BW78 Raichu. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 1 March 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Tail Whap lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Thundershock is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. 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."

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 Mizue illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mizue. I count 184 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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