Pikachu (Base Set 58)

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Pikachu LV.12
ピカチュウ Pikachu
Lightning
File:BS58Pikachu.jpg
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Pikachu
Type Lightning
HP 40
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
Expansion Base Set
Rarity Common
English card no. 58/102
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
Expansion Base Set 2
Rarity Common
English card no. 87/130
TCG GB1 set Colosseum
TCG GB1 ID A19
TCG GB2 set Beginning Pokémon
TCG GB2 ID A28
English expansion POP Series 2
Rarity Common
English card no. 16/17
Japanese expansion PCG-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 068/PCG-P
Expansion Rising Rivals
Rarity Rare Holo
English card no. 112/111
Japanese rarity Ultra-Rare Rare
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

Attacks

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Pokédex data (Base Set print)

Species Mouse Pokémon
Length 1'4" (0.4m)
Weight 13 lbs (6Kg)
Pokémon No. 25
Entry When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can cause lightning storms.

Pokédex data (Rising Rivals print)

Species Mouse Pokémon
Length 1'04" (0.4m)
Weight 13.2 lbs (6Kg)
Pokémon No. 025
Entry It has small electric sacs on both cheeks. If threatened, it looses electric charges from the sacs.

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 remake of this card was also included in Rising Rivals.

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.
  • 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 flavor text comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Rising Rivals Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon FireRed.


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