Flying Pikachu (Wizards Promo 25)

Flying Pikachu (ANA promo) redirects here. For the card released through All Nippon Airways one year after this card, see Flying Pikachu (ANA promo 99).

Flying Pikachu LV.12 そらをとぶピカチュウ Flying Pikachu

Illus. Toshinao Aoki

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Flying Pikachu Type Lightning HP 40 weakness None resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 25 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards TCG GB1 set Promotional Card TCG GB1 ID P06 TCG GB2 set Promotional TCG GB2 ID P13 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards TCG GB2 set Promotional TCG GB2 ID P14 Expansion Rising Rivals Rarity English card no. 113/111 Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 090/090 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

Flying Pikachu (Japanese: そらをとぶピカチュウ Flying Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as a promotional card.

Card text (Wizards Promo print)

Thundershock でんきショック 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Fly そらをとぶ 30

Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Flying Pikachu; if tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage).

Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'4" (0.4 m)	13 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
By learning how to fly, Pikachu overcame its weakness to Fighting Pokémon.
空を飛ぶことによって自らの弱点を克服したピカチュウだ。

Card text (Rising Rivals print)

Thundershock でんきショック 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Fly そらをとぶ 30

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Flying Pikachu during your opponent's next turn.

Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'04" (0.4 m)	13.2 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
By learning how to fly, Pikachu overcame its weakness to Fighting Pokémon.
そらをとぶ ことに よって みずからの じゃくてんを こくふくした ピカチュウだ。

Release information

Alternate version.

Rising Rivals print

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was included with the the November 1996 issue of CoroCoro Comic. The English version of the card was released through Pokémon card leagues in August 2001. This card was later reprinted as a retro card in the Rising Rivals expansion.

A different variation of this card with a plane in the background was released in Japan as a special card by All Nippon Airways in 1998. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Pokémon Getaways" campaign could redeem their boarding passes for the 2 card set including Flying Pikachu and Dragonite. This variant card was never released in English.

Trivia

• The Japanese versions of the card are identical with the exception that the print given on ANA features an airplane in the illustration.
• Since the release of this card, Pikachu that know Fly have appeared in other Pokémon media. A Pikachu with Fly can be downloaded to a Pokémon video game at certain events.
• Flying Pikachu has a resistance to Fighting-types, despite not being a Template:Type2, likely due to the fact that it can fly.

Origin

ThunderShock is a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. Fly is also a move, though Pikachu cannot learn it under normal conditions.

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