This card was released as a Wizards Black Star Promo with artwork by Kagemaru Himeno and was available through a Pokémon League "Create your own Pokémon Card" campaign. People were invited to fill in a blank TCG card template with an accompanying illustration, which could then be mailed to Wizards of the Coast. Fully completed entrants would then receive the card through the mail. The campaign ran from September to November 2000. In Japan, it was available as an Unnumbered Promotional card and was included in copies of the All Card Calendar, released on November 5, 1998 in celebration of the second anniversary of the Trading Card Game. It was reprinted as another Japanese Unnumbered Promotional card with different artwork by the same artist and was included with the sixth volume of the manga series, How I Became a Pokémon Card released on September 23, 2001.
A Non Holofoil version of the English print was included in the 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.
The original print was rereleased in the Celebrations expansion's Classic Collection for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. This print features the 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork and lacks Wizards of the Coast from the copyright information. In Japan, it was reprinted as part of the Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition with a red and gold "25th" logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Both prints are Confetti Holofoil and have etching similar to Full Art cards.
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