Pikachu (Roaring Skies 20)

Pikachu   ピカチュウ Pikachu

File:PikachuXYPromo64.jpg Illus. Naoki Saito

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion Roaring Skies Rarity English card no. 20/108 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 064/XY-P Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards 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 first released as part of the Roaring Skies expansion.

Card text

Tail Whip しっぽをふる

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack during your opponent's next turn.

Electro Ball エレキボール 30

Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'04" (0.4 m)	13.2 lbs. (6.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It raises its tail to check its surroundings. The tail is sometimes struck by lightning in this pose.
しっぽを たてて まわりの ようすを さぐっていると ときどき かみなりが しっぽに おちてくる。

Release information

This card was included in the English Roaring Skies expansion with artwork by Naoki Saito. In Japan, this card was released as one of the XY-P Promotional cards and was one of five cards available as part of a McDonald's promotional campaign that ran from July 19 to July 21, 2014. A second Japanese print with the same promotional number was one of five cards included in special packs of Daiichi Choco Pan and Daiichi Ham Mayonnaise Pan available from January 1, 2015. This print has the Daiichi Pan Pokémon Pan logo on the bottom right of the artwork. A third Japanese print was one of five promotional cards released as part of a cross promotion with the food company Marumiya in early July 2015. The cards were included in Pokémon Furikake Mini Packs and Pokémon Curry <Pork & Corn Sweet> packs. This print has the Marumiya logo in the bottom left corner of the card.

Seven different unnumbered XY-P Promotional prints of this card were made featuring the artwork of seven winners of the Pokémon Art Academy × Pokémon Card Game contest. Six of the illustrators were the winners of the Dress-Up Pikachu category of the contest, while ☆ゆーり☆ was a winner of the Your Favorite Pokémon category. The contest was held in Japan from December 14, 2014 to February 1, 2015 and had entrants create an illustration with Pokémon Art Academy of either a Pikachu in a costume or their favorite Pokémon. Entries had to be uploaded to Miiverse and winners received 100 copies of the card featuring their illustration.

Trivia

Origin

Tail Whip and Electro Ball are both moves in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon X.

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