Pikachu 4/12 · McDonald's Collection 2018

McDonald's Collection 2018 is a set in the Other series. It was released on 16 October 2018. The printed size is 12, and the checklist is the same length. Pikachu is 4/12, in position 4 of 12 on this checklist. Before it is 3 Horsea, and after it is 5 Slowpoke.

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.

Shibuzoh. illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.

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 60 HP. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 144 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Pika Draw lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw a card. Quick Attack is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A plan was recently announced to gather many Pikachu and make an electric power plant."

I keep a set binder for McDonald's Collection 2018, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the McDonald's Collection 2018 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.