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Pikachu ピカチュウ Pikachu
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English expansion
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Cosmic Eclipse
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Rarity
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English card no.
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66/236
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Japanese expansion
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Dream League
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Japanese rarity
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Japanese card no.
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016/049
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English expansion
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Cosmic Eclipse
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Rarity
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English card no.
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241/236
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Japanese expansion
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Dream League
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Japanese rarity
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Japanese card no.
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054/049
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For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.
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Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウ Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Cosmic Eclipse expansion.
Card text
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now
Paralyzed.
This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself.
Pokédex data
Its nature is to store up electricity. Forests where nests of Pikachu live are dangerous, since the trees are so often struck by lightning.
電気を ため込む 性質。 ピカチュウが 群れて 暮らす 森は 落雷が 絶えず 危険だ。
Release information
This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Cosmic Eclipse expansion, first released in the Japanese Dream League subset. The Regular print features artwork by Naoyo Kimura, while the Full Art print features artwork by Hitoshi Ariga. The Regular print was reprinted as one of the Japanese 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] This print has the campaign logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. The promotion ran for as long as stocks lasted.
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Trivia
Origin
Nuzzle and Volt Tackle are both moves in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. Red in the Professor Oak's Laboratory is featured in the Full Art Secret print's illustration, who uses a Pikachu in all games in which he appears as an opponent. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.
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