Pikachu (POP Series 4 13)

Pikachu   ピカチュウ Pikachu

Illus. Kouki Saitou

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion POP Series 4 Rarity English card no. 13/17 Japanese expansion PCG-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 084/PCG-P 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 is part of POP Series 4.

Card text

Spark スパーク 20

Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Release information

This card was released in POP Series 4, originating as one of the Japanese PCG-P Promotional cards. In Japan, it was released as part of a McDonald's campaign in July 2005. A Cosmos Holofoil version of the English print was available in the EX Dragon Frontiers Two Pack Blisters, released in April 2007.

Trivia

While the card is similar to the Pikachu card from Jungle, it is not a reprint of that card. The key difference is in the attack costs: this card's attack cost is , while the Jungle Pikachu's attack cost is .

Origin

Spark is a move in the Pokémon games; however, Pikachu could not learn it until Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in Generation VI.

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