Pikachu 60/106 · Emerald

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 60/106 in Emerald, position 60 of 107. Before it is 59 Pichu, and after it is 61 Ralts. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 May 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Pika Ball lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Thundershock is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. 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 Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerald set binder is where a full Emerald 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.