Pikachu VMAX TG29/30 · Lost Origin Trainer Gallery

Pikachu is Pokédex #025, generation 1 (Kanto). Pikachu VMAX is a VMAX Lightning Pokémon with 310 HP. The card says it evolves from Pikachu V. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Pikachu VMAX sits at TG29/30 in Lost Origin Trainer Gallery, position 29 of 30. Before it is TG28 Opal, and after it is TG30 Mew VMAX. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 30, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack G-Max Volt Tackle lists 120+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 150 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

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 VMAX. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 310 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and aky CG Works illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 205 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads aky CG Works. I count 163 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery set binder is where a full Lost Origin Trainer Gallery 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 VMAX cards. I still need this card.