Pikachu V SWSH285/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

SWSH Black Star Promos is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 15 November 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. Pikachu V is SWSH285/307, in position 285 of 304 on this checklist. Before it is SWSH284 Galarian Moltres, and after it is SWSH286 Pikachu VMAX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Pikachu V is a Basic V Lightning Pokémon with 200 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Pikachu VMAX, Pikachu (#025) under evolves to.

You Iribi illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

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 V. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and You Iribi illustrated this one. 201 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Pika Drive lists 200 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for SWSH Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SWSH Black Star Promos 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.