Pikachu 84/144 · Skyridge

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

Pikachu sits at 84/144 in Skyridge, position 84 of 182. Before it is 83 Nidorina, and after it is 85 Pineco. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on 12 May 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Max Voltage lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Pikachu. This attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card discarded in this way. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Pikachu (#025) has 212 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 89 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. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yuka Morii illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yuka Morii. I count 204 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge 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 and Yuka Morii clay cards. I still need this card.