Pikachu-GX (SM Promo 232)

Pikachu   ピカチュウGX PikachuGX

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Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu-GX Type Lightning HP 160 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion SM Black Star Promos English card no. SM232 Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 393/SM-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウGX PikachuGX) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon-GX card. It is one of the SM Black Star Promos.

Card text

Agility

こうそくいどう

20

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.

Volt Tackle

ボルテッカー

150

This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.

Tail Break

ブレイクテールGX

100

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Pokémon-GX Rule

When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was one of the SM Black Star Promos included in the Pikachu-GX & Eevee-GX Special Collection, released November 1, 2019. A Jumbo version of the card was also included in the box. In Japan, it was released as one of the SM-P Promotional cards and was available as part of the BEAMS & Pokémon Card Game Collaboration Project. Customers who purchased at least ¥2,400 worth of BEAMS collaboration products at participating stores were given a copy of this card. The BEAMS T Harajuku store in Tokyo gave away the card during the weekend of August 3 and 4, 2019. Products could only be purchased by those who were drawn in a lottery held prior to the promotion, the application period for which was open from July 25 to 28, 2019. The card was limited to 2 per person at the BEAMS T Harajuku store and could only be redeemed by children in elementary school and below. Pokémon Centers and the Pokémon Center Online began to distribute the card with purchases starting August 6, 2019 for as long as stocks lasted. These stores imposed a limit of 1 card per customer.

Trivia

Origin

Agility and Volt Tackle are both moves in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn.

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