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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 the year 2000. Later, this card was released through the [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 6|sixth volume]] of the How I Became a Pokémon Card Comic with new artwork by the same artist. This variant was never released in English. | 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 the year 2000. Later, this card was released through the [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 6|sixth volume]] of the How I Became a Pokémon Card Comic with new artwork by the same artist. This variant was never released in English. | ||
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_____'s Pikachu (Japanese: _____のピカチュウ _____'s Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as a promotional card.
Card text
Attacks
Pokédex data
Species | Mouse Pokémon |
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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 the year 2000. Later, this card was released through the sixth volume of the How I Became a Pokémon Card Comic with new artwork by the same artist. This variant was never released in English.
Trivia
- This card is popularly 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.
- The ban covered both the Unlimited format and the Modified format, one of only two cards to fall under this distinction (Ancient Mew is the other).
- 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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- Cards
- Pokémon cards
- Pikachu (TCG)
- Pokémon cards with 50 HP
- Pokémon cards with a Retreat Cost of 1
- Basic Pokémon cards
- Lightning-type Pokémon cards
- Promotional cards
- Illus. by Kagemaru Himeno
- Holographic cards
- Blank Owner (TCG)
- Wizards Black Star Promotional cards