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Pikachu LV.12 ピカチュウ Pikachu

Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 40 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 58/102 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards Japanese Deck Kit Video Introduction Set Japanese Half Deck Bulbasaur Deck Japanese card no. 13 Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 87/130 TCG GB1 set Colosseum TCG GB1 ID A19 TCG GB2 set Beginning Pokémon TCG GB2 ID A28 Japanese Deck Kit Neo Introduction Set Japanese Half Deck Totodile Half Deck Japanese card no. 1 English expansion POP Series 2 Rarity English card no. 16/17 Japanese expansion PCG-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 068/PCG-P Expansion Rising Rivals Rarity English card no. 112/111 Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 088/090 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 is part of the Base Set.

Card text

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 (Base Set print)

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'4" (0.4 m)	13 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can cause lightning storms.
ほっぺたの両側に小さい電気袋をもつ。ピンチのときに放電する。

Pokédex data (Rising Rivals print)

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'04" (0.4 m)	13.2 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
It has small electric sacs on both cheeks. If threatened, it looses electric charges from the sacs.
ほっぺたの りょうがわに ちいさい でんきぶくろを もつ。 ピンチのときに ほうでんする。

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.

In Japan, this card was reprinted with artwork from one of five winning entries of the CoroCoro Pokémon Snap contest held in Spring 1999. This version is extremely rare and the exact number in existence is unknown.

The card was later reprinted in POP Series 2 with new artwork by Yuka Morii. A special reprint with redrawn art by Mitsuhiro Arita was released in the Rising Rivals expansion.

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  Base Set print
  Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

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  Misprint version of the Base Set card, featuring Pikachu with red cheeks

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  POP Series 2 print
  Illus. Yuka Morii

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  Rising Rivals remake
  Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

• SnapPikachu.jpg

  CoroCoro Pokémon Snap contest print

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 expansion. This name also appeared in some instruction manuals produced by Wizards of the Coast.
• The Japanese "Snap" print has a camera graphic where an expansion symbol would usually be.
• The text on the bottom right of the "Snap" print reads: Best Photo Contest Winners Prize Card.
• The original Japanese version had Pikachu with yellow cheeks. However, Wizards of the Coast, when releasing this card for the first time in English, deliberately recolored Pikachu's cheeks red in an effort to make it more recognizable. Wizards would however later reverse this decision in subsequent reprints of the card and return Pikachu's cheeks to their original yellow color; because of this reversal the original red cheeks is commonly mistaken to be an error. Curiously enough, the later reprint in Rising Rivals depicts Pikachu with red cheeks; this may be primarily due to the fact that the remake print doesn't appear to be giving off electric sparks.

Origin

Thunder Jolt is a move in the Super Smash Bros. series that Pikachu can use. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green. The Rising Rivals Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon FireRed, which is derived from the original Pokémon Red and Green entry.

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