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==Release information==
==Release information==
[[Image:NattaWakeBirthdayPikachu.jpg|left|180px|Natta Wake Comic variant]]
[[File:BlankPikachuNattaWakePromo.jpg|left|180px|Natta Wake Comic variant]]
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.



Revision as of 03:09, 2 January 2010

_____'s Pikachu LV.17
_____のピカチュウ _____'s Pikachu
Lightning
BlankPikachuWizardsPromo24.jpg
Illus. Kagemaru Himeno
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name _____'s Pikachu
Type Lightning
HP 50
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
Expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 24
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

_____'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

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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 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.
  • 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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