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{{PokémoncardInfobox
|cardname=Surfing Pikachu
|jname=なみのりピカチュウ
|jtrans=Surfing Pikachu
|image=SurfingPikachuWizardsPromo28.jpg
|caption={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos|Wizards Black Star Promo}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|reprints=5
|reprint1=SurfingPikachuJRStampRallyPromo.jpg
|recaption1={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards|Unnumbered Promotional}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|reprint2=SurfingPikachuPokémonWeb25.jpg
|recaption2={{TCG|Pokémon Web}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|reprint3=SurfingPikachuRisingRivals114.jpg
|recaption3={{TCG|Rising Rivals}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|reprint4=SurfingPikachuEvolutions111.jpg
|recaption4={{TCG|Evolutions}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|species=Pikachu
|evostage=Basic
|type=Lightning
|level=13
|hp=50
|weakness=Fighting
|retreatcost=1
|retro=yes
}}
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{{PokémoncardInfobox/Footer|type=Lightning|species=Pikachu}}

'''Surfing Pikachu''' (Japanese: '''なみのりピカチュウ''' ''Surfing Pikachu'') is a {{ct|Lightning}} Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the {{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}}.

==Card text==
{{Cardtext/Header|type=Lightning}}
{{Cardtext/Attack
|type=Lightning
|cost={{e|Water}}{{e|Water}}
|name=Surf
|jname=なみのり
|jtrans=Surfing
|damage=30
|effect=
}}
{{Cardtext/Footer}}

===Pokédex data (Wizards Promo print)===
{{Carddex
|type=Lightning
|name=Pikachu
|species=Mouse
|ndex=25
|height=1'4"
|jheight=0.4
|weight=13
|jweight=6
|dex=One summer, a group of Pikachus was found riding the waves at the local beach.
|jdex=ある夏休み。波の高い海岸で、なみのりをしているピカチュウが発見された。
}}

===Pokédex data (Rising Rivals print)===
{{Carddex
|type=Lightning
|name=Pikachu
|species=Mouse
|ndex=025
|height=1'04"
|jheight=0.4
|weight=13.2
|jweight=6.0
|dex=One summer, a group of Pikachu was found riding the waves at the local beach.
|jdex=ある なつやすみ。なみの たかい かいがんで、なみのりを している ピカチュウが はっけん された。
}}

===Pokédex data (Evolutions print)===
{{Carddex
|type=Lightning
|name=Pikachu
|species=Mouse
|ndex=025
|height=1'04"
|jheight=0.4
|weight=13.2
|jweight=6.0
|dex=One summer, a group of Pikachu was found riding the waves at the local beach.
|jdex=ある夏休み。波の高い海岸で なみのりをしているピカチュウが発見された。
}}

==Release information==
This card was as a {{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos|Wizards Black Star Promo}} released through the {{TCG|Pokémon League}} in August 2001. In Japan, it was first available as an {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards|Unnumbered Promotional card}} on a two-card insert alongside {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Imakuni?|promo}} in the September 1997 issue of ''[[CoroCoro]] Comic'', released on August 15, 1997. A mail-in prize draw offering another copy of the Japanese print was published in the December 1998 issue of ''CoroCoro Comic'', released on November 15, 1998. People wishing to enter the prize draw were required to affix the application ticket on the bottom left of the article page to a postcard and send it to [[Shogakukan]]. Two thousand winners were sent a set of five cards mounted on two plain sheets: Surfing Pikachu and {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Flying Pikachu|promo}} on one; {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Jynx|promo}}, {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Cubone|promo}}, and {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Farfetch'd|promo}} on the other. The two Japanese prints are on glossy card stock.

It was reprinted with slightly different artwork in Japan as another Unnumbered Promotional card and was available through the {{wp|East Japan Railway Company|JR East}} Pokémon Stamp Rally, which ran between August 9 and 17, 1997 on the Yamanote Line. People taking part had two days to collect stamps from each station on the line in special stamp books. 100,000 reserve tickets were available to book between July 27 and August 8, 1997. Participants that managed to collect 10 stamps were given a Pokémon Trainer Certificate. Participants that managed to collect all 30 stamps were given a two-card set that included the variant Surfing Pikachu and {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Mew|promo}}. This variant is commonly known as the ''Mt. Fuji Surfing Pikachu'' in reference to the background illustration, and is printed on regular card stock.

A French version of the Wizards Black Star Promo print was included in the {{TCG|Pikachu World Collection 2000|Pikachu World Collection}}, available to purchase exclusively at Pokémon Park 2000 held at Sydney University, Sydney, Australia from September 12 to October 4, 2000. This print features a gold foil Pikachu tail stamp opposite the Black Star Promo symbol.

It was later reprinted in the Japanese {{TCG|Pokémon Web}} expansion and again as a {{TCG|retro card}} in the {{TCG|Rising Rivals}} expansion, originating from the Japanese {{TCG|Bonds to the End of Time}} expansion. It was reprinted again in the {{TCG|Evolutions}} expansion featuring the same artwork as the original print and an updated card template reminiscent of the Original Series layout. In Japan, it was available as a {{TCG|XY-P Promotional cards|XY-P Promotional card}} in the {{TCGMerch|XY BREAK|Era|20th Anniversary Special Pack: M Slowbro-EX + Surfing Pikachu}}, released on September 16, 2016.

===Gallery===
{{TCGGallery
|type=Lightning
|image1=SurfingPikachuWizardsPromo28.jpg
|caption1={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos|Wizards Black Star Promo}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|image2=SurfingPikachuJRStampRallyPromo.jpg
|caption2={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards|Unnumbered Promotional}} print<br>Illus. [[Toshinao Aoki]]
|image3=SurfingPikachuPokémonWeb25.jpg
|set3=Pokémon Web
|illus3=Toshinao Aoki
|image4=SurfingPikachuRisingRivals114.jpg
|set4=Rising Rivals
|illus4=Toshinao Aoki
|image5=SurfingPikachuEvolutions111.jpg
|set5=Evolutions
|illus5=Toshinao Aoki
|image6=Pikachu-World-Collection-2000-French.jpg
|set6=Pikachu World Collection 2000
|illus6=Toshinao Aoki
}}
{{TCGGallery
|type=Lightning
|image1=TCG1 P07 Surfing Pikachu.png
|size1=64px
|caption1={{TCG GB1}} {{GB|1|Promotional Card}} sprite (P07)
|image2=TCG1 P08 Surfing Pikachu.png
|size2=64px
|caption2={{TCG GB1}} {{GB|1|Promotional Card}} sprite (P08)
}}
{{TCGGallery
|type=Lightning
|image1=TCG2 P15 Surfing Pikachu.png
|size1=64px
|caption1={{TCG GB2}} {{GB|2|Promotion Card}} sprite (P15)
|image2=TCG2 P16 Surfing Pikachu.png
|size2=64px
|caption2={{TCG GB2}} {{GB|2|Promotion Card}} sprite (P16)
}}

==Trivia==
*The two Japanese Unnumbered Promotional prints have clauses under the card name stating "This card cannot evolve into {{p|Raichu}}."
*Although the plural form of any Pokémon's name is the same as the singular form, the [[Pokédex]] entry on the Wizards Black Star Promo print states "Pikachus" as opposed to "Pikachu." This is also seen on many cards from the {{TCG|Team Rocket}} expansion. This error was corrected on subsequent prints.
===Origin===
{{m|Surf}} is a [[move]] in the [[Pokémon games]], though {{p|Pikachu}} cannot learn it under normal conditions until [[Generation VIII]]. [[Surfing Pikachu]] have appeared in other Pokémon media since the release of this card.

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[[Category:Wizards Black Star Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Rising Rivals cards]]
[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Pokémon Web cards]]
[[Category:Bonds to the End of Time cards]]
[[Category:Evolutions cards]]
[[Category:XY-P Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Illus. by Toshinao Aoki]]
[[Category:Holographic cards]]
[[Category:Secret cards]]

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