Pikachu VMAX (SWSH Promo 286)

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Pikachu VMAX  
ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX
Lightning
PikachuVMAXSWSHPromo286.jpg
Illus. AKIRA EGAWA
Evolution stage
Pikachu
Pokémon VMAX
Evolves from Pikachu V
Gigantamax
Card name Pikachu VMAX
Type Lightning
HP 310
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no. SWSH286
Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 265/S-P
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

PikachuVMAX (Japanese: ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX) is a Lightning-type VMAX Pokémon VMAX card. It is one of the SWSH Black Star Promos.

Card text

Lightning Tail Charge
じゅうでんテール
30
Attach up to 3 Lightning Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon.
LightningLightningLightningColorless G-Max Thunder
キョダイカミナリ
250
025Gi
VMAX rule
When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.


Release information

This card was released as a SWSH Black Star Promo and was available in the Crown Zenith Special Collection—Pikachu VMAX from February 17, 2023, and the Crown Zenith Premium Collection—Pikachu VMAX from November 10, 2023. A Jumbo version was also included in the collections. In Japan, it was released as a S-P Promotional card and was available as an insert in the February 2022 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on January 15, 2022. The Japanese print features the CoroCoro Comic logo on the right edge of the illustration.

Trivia

Origin

This card features Gigantamax Pikachu. G-Max Thunder appears to be a G-Max Move version of Thunder, a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn.


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