Pikachu V-UNION (SWSH Promo 139)

Pikachu   ピカチュウV-UNION PikachuV-UNION

Evolution stage Pokémon V-UNION Play all four cards at the same time Card name Pikachu V-UNION Type Lightning HP 300 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH139 (Top Left) Japanese expansion 25th Anniversary Collection Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 025/028 (Top Left) English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH140 (Top Right) Japanese expansion 25th Anniversary Collection Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 026/028 (Top Right) English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH141 (Bottom Left) Japanese expansion 25th Anniversary Collection Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 027/028 (Bottom Left) English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH142 (Bottom Right) Japanese expansion 25th Anniversary Collection Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 028/028 (Bottom Right) For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

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

Card text

How to play a Pokémon V-UNION Once per game during your turn, combine 4 different Pikachu V-UNION from your discard pile and put them onto your Bench.

Union Gain ユニオンゲイン

Attach up to 2 Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

Shocking Shock ビリビリショック 120

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Disconnect でんじしょうがい 150

During your opponent's next turn, they can't play any Item cards from their hand.

Electro Ball Together みんなでエレキボール 250

V-UNION rule When your Pokémon V-UNION is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Release information

All four parts of this Pokémon were released as SWSH Black Star Promos in the Celebrations Special Collection—Pikachu V-UNION from October 8, 2021. A composite Jumbo card was also included in the collection. In Japan, the cards were available individually in the 25th Anniversary Collection subset.

Trivia

The full illustration comprises twenty-five Pikachu created by twenty-five different artists, showcasing the range of approaches featured in the TCG as it celebrated its 25th anniversary. The artists and each Pikachu they illustrated are detailed below. A section of the Japanese Pokémon Card Game Trainers Website promoting the subset ahead of its release featured comments from each of the contributing artists.

Illus. 5ban Graphics	Illus. Taira Akitsu	Illus. Hitoshi Ariga
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita	Illus. AKIRA EGAWA	Illus. Kouichi Ooyama
Illus. kawayoo	Illus. Naoyo Kimura	Illus. kirisAki
Illus. Tomokazu Komiya	Illus. Kouki Saitou	Illus. Naoki Saito
Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma	Illus. Jiro Sasumo	Illus. Narumi Sato
Illus. Shibuzoh.	Illus. sui	Illus. sowsow
Illus. Miki Tanaka	Illus. Saya Tsuruta	Illus. Atsuko Nishida
Illus. Yuu Nishida	Illus. Kagemaru Himeno	Illus. Masakazu Fukuda
Illus. Ryota Murayama

Origin

Disconnect is an attack that first appeared on Manectric ex from EX Deoxys. Kouichi Ooyama's contribution is based on Ooyama's Pikachu from Expansion Sheet 3.

References

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