Pikachu (Nintendo Promo 12)

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Pikachu  
ピカチュウ Pikachu
Lightning
PikachuNintendoPromo12.jpg
Nintendo Black Star Promo print
Illus. Kouki Saitou
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Pikachu
Type Lightning
HP 50
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
English expansion EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua
Rarity Common
English card no. 43/95
Japanese expansion ADV-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 057/ADV-P
English expansion Nintendo Black Star Promos
English card no. 12
Japanese expansion ADV-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 023/ADV-P
Japanese expansion ADV-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 024/ADV-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 EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua expansion.

Card text

 
Agility
こうそくいどう
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Pikachu during your opponent's next turn.
  
Thundershock
でんきショック
20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.


Release information

In Japan, this card was released as both a holographic and non-holographic ADV-P Promotional card at participating 7-Eleven stores as part of the Pokémon Fair campaign, which ran from June 25th, 2003 until stocks lasted. Customers who purchased a bottle of Coca-Cola Vanilla, Sprite Classic, Ambasa Sour White, Fanta Fruit Punch, or Fanta Melon Soda were given one of 21 possible cards. It was later reprinted with different artwork by Kouki Saitou and available in a promotion distributed by Meiji Chocolate in February 2004. This reprint appeared in English as one of the Nintendo Black Star Promos, available as one of two promotional cards in the EX Collector's Tin released in November 2003. A non-holographic version of this card was distributed at the Journey Across America tour.

Gallery

EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Nintendo Black Star Promo print
Illus. Kouki Saitou
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

Origin

Agility and ThunderShock are both moves in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn.


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