Pikachu (HGSS Promo 3)

Pikachu LV.23 ピカチュウ Pikachu

Illus. Kanako Eo

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pikachu Type Lightning HP 70 weakness +10 resistance -20 retreat cost Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 016/DPt-P English expansion HGSS Black Star Promos English card no. HGSS03 Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 019/L-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 one of the HGSS Black Star Promos.

Card text

Recharge じゅうでん

Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Thunderbolt 10まんボルト 100

Discard all Energy attached to Pikachu.

Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'04" (0.4 m)	13.2 lbs. (6.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It occasionally uses an electric shock to recharge a fellow Pikachu that is in a weakened state.
よわった なかまの ピカチュウに でんきをながし ショックをあたえて げんきを わけることも ある。

Release Information

This card was released as one of two promotional cards, alongside Wobbuffet, available in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Three Pack Blister. In Japan, it was available as a Gold Point prize through the Pokémon Daisuki Club's Action Point system, which replaced the Pokémon Fan Club and its EXP Point system in May 2008. It was also distributed alongside the Pokémon Card Game gold rank gift card in October 2009.

Trivia

Origin

Thunderbolt is a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. Recharge's Japanese name is that of Charge, a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn via breeding. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Platinum.

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