Pikachu (SM-P Promo 288): Difference between revisions

This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

Pikachu   ピカチュウ Pikachu

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Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 288/SM-P 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 one of the SM-P Promotional cards.

Card text

Scream さけび

Both Active Pokémon are now Confused.

Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'04" (0.4 m)	13.2 lbs. (6.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
電気を 溜める 性質。時々 思い切り 放電 しないと ストレスを 感じる。

Release information

In Japan, this card was released as one of the SM-P Promotional cards and was available as part of a collaboration between the Pokémon Company and the Munch: A Retrospective exhibition present at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum between October 27, 2018 and January 20, 2019. The illustration draws inspiration from Edvard Munch's The Scream, the 1910 version (tempera on cardboard) of which was displayed in Japan for the first time as part of the exhibition. How Pikachu will be distributed is still to be announced.

Trivia

When placed in collection number order, the Pokémon from the preceding card is featured as a silhouette in the background of the illustration. Psyduck, the first in the sequence, instead features silhouettes of Haunter and Gengar.

Origin

The Scream attack is another reference to the basis of the card's inspiration. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Moon.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.