Pikachu (Wizards Promo 4)

Pikachu LV.13 ピカチュウ Pikachu

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning Hit Points 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 4 Japanese expansion Vending Machine cards Series 00 Japanese rarity Card GB 2 set Promotional Card GB 2 ID P10 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

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

	Recharge じゅうでん
Search your deck for a Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle you deck afterward.

	Thunderbolt 10まんボルト	50
Discard all Energy cards attached to Pikachu in order to use this attack.

Pokédex data

Release information

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was part of a special vending sheet available at the World Hobby Fair in 1998, along with Mewtwo and Mew. The English version of the card was one of four possible cards that one could receive by buying a ticket to the cinema showing of Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Trivia

• The character illustration is the same used on the Japanese Toyota promotional Pikachu.
• The English version has a gold foil stamp in the top right corner that reads "Kids WB Presents Pokémon The First Movie".

Origin

Recharge's Japanese name is that of Charge, a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn as a Pichu via breeding. Thunderbolt is a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, 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.