Pikachu (Wizards Promo 4)

Pikachu LV.13 ピカチュウ Pikachu

File:Pikachu Wizards Promo 4.jpg Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 4 Japanese expansion Vending Machine cards Series 00 Japanese rarity TCG GB2 set Promotional TCG GB2 ID P10 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 released as a promotional card.

Card text

Attacks

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Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'4" (0.4 m)	13 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
When several of these Pokémon gather, they attract so much electricity that they can cause lightning to strike.
何匹か集まっているとそこに猛烈な電気がたまり、稲妻が落ちることがあるという。

Release information

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was part of a special vending sheet available at the World Hobby Fair in 1998, along with Mewtwo and Mew. The English version of the card was one of four possible cards that one could receive by buying a ticket to the theatrical release of Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Trivia

• The character illustration is the same used on the Japanese Toyota promotional Pikachu.
• The English version has a gold foil stamp in the top right corner that reads "Kids WB Presents Pokémon The First Movie".

Origin

Recharge's Japanese name is that of Charge, a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn as a Pichu via breeding. Thunderbolt is a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded.

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