Pikachu Lv. 12 ピカチュウ
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita
Classification	Pokémon card
Name	Pikachu
Evolution Stage	Basic Pokémon
Type
HP	40
Weakness
Resistance	None
Retreat Cost
	For information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.
Set	Base Set
Rarity
English Card No.	58/102
Card GB set	Colosseum
Card GB ID	A19
Card GB 2 set	Beginning Pokémon
Card GB 2 ID	A28
Set	POP Series 2
Rarity
English Card No.	16/17

Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウ Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Base Set.

Card text

Attacks

	Gnaw かじる	10

	Thunder Jolt でんげき	30
Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself.

Pokédex data

Release information

This card came in both red-cheeked and yellow-cheeked versions. The yellow-cheeked version is the true version, the red-cheeked variation is a highly sought-after misprint. Both were given out as a promotion at E3 with a gold foil E3 logo stamped where the set symbol would appear in later sets, as well as appearing in Base Set packs without the foil logo. The yellow-cheeked version of this card was reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan.

The card was later reprinted in POP Series 2 with new artwork by Yuka Morii.

Trivia

This card was infamously known as Yellow Cheeks Pikachu as a reference to the card's artwork and to differ it from Pikachu card from the Jungle set. This name also appeared in some instruction manuals produced by Wizards of the Coast.

Origin

Thunder Jolt is similar to Thundershock, which Pikachu can learn. The card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue Versions, though it is slightly reworded.

This Pokémon Trading Card article is part of Project TCGDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.