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Pikachu   ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery Full Art print Illus. Souichirou Gunjima

Evolution stage Pokémon VMAX Evolves from Pikachu V Gigantamax Card name Pikachu VMAX Type Lightning HP 310 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Vivid Voltage Rarity English card no. 044/185 Japanese expansion Amazing Volt Tackle Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 031/100 English expansion Vivid Voltage Rarity English card no. 188/185 Japanese expansion Amazing Volt Tackle Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 114/100 English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH062 Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 123/S-P Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 046/184 Japanese expansion 25th Anniversary Golden Box Japanese card no. 006/015 English expansion Lost Origin Rarity Rare TG V English card no. TG17/TG30 Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 223/184 English expansion Lost Origin Rarity Rare TG Secret English card no. TG29/TG30 Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 279/184 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX) is a Lightning-type VMAX Pokémon VMAX card. It was first released as part of the Vivid Voltage expansion.

Card text

G-Max Volt Tackle [create category] キョダイボルテッカー 120+

You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 150 more damage.

VMAX rule When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Secret Rainbow Rare in the Vivid Voltage expansion, first released in the Japanese Amazing Volt Tackle expansion. Both prints feature artwork by aky CG Works. It was reprinted as one of the SWSH Black Star Promos with different artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki and was available in the Celebrations Premium Figure Collection—Pikachu VMAX from October 22, 2021. In Japan, this print was released as one of the S-P Promotional cards and was available as part of the PikaPika! Pikachu! Promo Card Campaign!, which began on September 18, 2020. For every six Amazing Volt Tackle booster packs purchased in one transaction at participating stores, customers would receive a Promo Card Pack containing one of five possible cards. Customers could also receive five of these Promo Card Packs for every Amazing Volt Tackle booster box purchased per transaction.^[1] The promotion ran for as long as stocks lasted. The Japanese version of this print has the campaign logo on the right edge of the artwork. In Japan, the Vivid Voltage Regular print was reprinted in the VMAX Climax subset and in the 25th Anniversary Golden Box, the latter of which has a blue and gold "25th" graphic on the right edge of the artwork. The VMAX Climax subset also included a Character Secret Rare print with artwork by Souichirou Gunjima and a gold Secret Full Art print with artwork by aky CG Works, both of which were later included in the Lost Origin expansion outside Asia.

Gallery

Vivid Voltage Regular print Illus. aky CG Works	Vivid Voltage Rainbow Rare print Illus. aky CG Works	SWSH Promotional print Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki
Lost Origin Trainer Gallery Full Art print Illus. Souichirou Gunjima	Lost Origin Trainer Gallery Secret print Illus. aky CG Works	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

This card features Gigantamax Pikachu. Red is featured in the Lost Origin Trainer Gallery Full Art print's illustration, who uses a Pikachu in the majority of games in which he appears as an opponent.

References

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