's Pikachu (Wizards Promo 24)

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The title of this article is incorrect because of technical limitations. The correct title is _____'s Pikachu (Wizards Promo 24).
Bulbasaur  
ピカチュウ Pikachu
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File:Promo24BirthdayPikachu.jpg
Illus. Kagemaru Himeno
style="text-align:right; border-bottom:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }}; border-right:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" width="100px" | Evolution stage style="border-bottom:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" | Basic Pokémon
style="text-align:right; border-bottom:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }}; border-right:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" | Card name style="border-bottom:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" | Bulbasaur
style="text-align:right; border-bottom:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }}; border-right:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" | Type style="border-bottom:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" | [[Lightning (TCG)|Lightning]]
style="text-align:right; border-right:1px solid #{{tcg Lightning color }};" | HP 50
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None
retreat cost
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English Set Wizards Promotional cards
English Card No. 24
Japanese Set Unnumbered Promotional cards

_____'s Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウ Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as a promotional card.

Card text

Attacks

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Pokédex data

Species Mouse Pokémon
Length 1'4" (0.4m)
Weight 13 lbs (6Kg)
Pokémon No. 25
Entry Your Birthdate:_______________

Release information

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it came with the Pokémon 2nd Anniversary Calendar, released in 1999. The English version was available through a Wizards of the Coast mail campaign, which ran from September to November in 2000.

Trivia

  • This card is infamously known as Happy Birthday Pikachu, in reference to the illustration.
  • At the height of the Pokémon phenomenon, the Japanese version was one of the most sought after cards in the world, after a rumor spread by Japanese and American dealers that it had a very limited print run and that within weeks of its initial release, it had sold out. The craze that followed saw the card sell as much as $500 overseas. After it emerged the card was not that rare, the demand and price declined.
  • The card was immediately banned by Wizards upon its release, due to the fact that any player could claim it was their birthday in order to gain the potential 50 extra damage on the card's attack.
  • This is the only English card to feature the blank space to include a name, whereas there have been several in Japan.

Origin

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