Pikachu 112/111 · Rising Rivals

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 12. The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu sits at 112/111 in Rising Rivals, position 112 of 120. Before it is 111 Snorlax LV.X, and after it is 113 Flying Pikachu. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 16 May 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 111. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Gnaw lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Thunder Jolt is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has small electric sacs on both its cheeks. If threatened, it looses electric charges from the sacs."

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). Both list 40 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. 199 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals 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 Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.