Surfing Pikachu 111/108 · Evolutions

Evolutions is a set in the XY series. It was released on 2 November 2016. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. Surfing Pikachu is 111/108, in position 111 of 113 on this checklist. Before it is 110 Flying Pikachu, and after it is 112 Imakuni?'s Doduo. The collector number is above the printed set size of 108. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Surfing Pikachu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Pikachu (#025), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Raichu, Raichu (#026) under evolves to.

Toshinao Aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 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 Surfing Pikachu. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 185 other cards of Pikachu list a different HP.

The attack Surf lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "One summer, a group of Pikachu was found riding the waves at the local beach."

I keep a set binder for Evolutions, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolutions 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 and Beach and shore Pokémon. I still need this card.