Pikachu & Zekrom-GX SM248/248 · SM Black Star Promos

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). The card also lists Zekrom (#644). Pikachu & Zekrom-GX is a Basic TAG TEAM GX Lightning Pokémon with 240 HP.

Pikachu & Zekrom-GX sits at SM248/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 251 of 251. The card before it is SM247 Reshiram & Charizard-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 February 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Full Blitz lists 150 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Search your deck for up to 3 Lightning Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck. Tag Bolt-GX is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. If this Pokemon has at least 3 extra Lightning Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 170 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

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 is named Pikachu, while this one is Pikachu & Zekrom-GX. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 240 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 207 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP. Zekrom (#644) has 36 cards in the catalog.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pikachu and Zekrom can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto) and Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are All Pikachu cards. I still need this card.