Pikachu (POP Series 5 12)

Pikachu   ピカチュウ Pikachu

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Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion POP Series 5 Rarity English card no. 12/17 Japanese expansion PCG-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 153/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 the POP Series 5 expansion.

Card text

Lightning Ball ピッカリだま 10

Thunderbolt 10まんボルト 50

Discard all Energy cards attached to Pikachu.

Release information

In Japan, this card was given alongside Sea's Manaphy to those who rode on an All Nippon Airways flight in August 2006. A Cosmos Holofoil version of this card was one of two cards available in the DP Value Pack 1, released in September 2007.

Trivia

Many cards of the holofoil variant were misprinted with the back of the card upside down.

Origin

Thunderbolt is a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.