Pikachu & Zekrom-GX (Team Up 33)

Pikachu & Zekrom Tag Team GX  
ピカチュウ&ゼクロムGX Pikachu & ZekromGX
Lightning
PikachuZekromGXTeamUp162.jpg
Team Up Full Art print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Pikachu & Zekrom-GX
Type Lightning
HP 240
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Metal-20
retreat cost
   
English expansion Team Up
Rarity Ultra-Rare Rare
English card no. 33/181
Japanese expansion Tag Bolt
Japanese rarity RR
Japanese card no. 031/095
English expansion Team Up
Rarity Rare Ultra
English card no. 162/181
Japanese expansion Tag Bolt
Japanese rarity SR
Japanese card no. 100/095
English expansion Team Up
Rarity Rare Rainbow
English card no. 184/181
Japanese expansion Tag Bolt
Japanese rarity HR
Japanese card no. 112/095
English expansion SM Black Star Promos
English card no. SM168
Japanese expansion Tag Bolt
Japanese rarity SR
Japanese card no. 101/095
Japanese expansion Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity RR
Japanese card no. 041/173
English expansion SM Black Star Promos
English card no. SM248
Japanese expansion Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity UR
Japanese card no. 221/173
For more information on the Pokémon depicted on this card, see Pikachu and Zekrom.

Pikachu & ZekromTag Team GX (Japanese: ピカチュウ&ゼクロムGX Pikachu & ZekromGX) is a Lightning-type Basic TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX card. It was first released as part of the Team Up expansion. It was the first TAG TEAM card revealed to the public.[1]

Card text

TAG TEAM
    Full Blitz [create category]
フルドライブ
150
Search your deck for up to 3   Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
     Tag Bolt-GX [create category]
タッグボルトGX
200
If this Pokémon has at least 3 extra   Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 170 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
   
TAG TEAM rule
When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.


Release information

In Japan, this card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art card, a Special Full Art card, and as a Secret Rainbow Rare in the Tag Bolt expansion. The Regular print features artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, the Full Art and Rainbow Rare prints feature artwork by 5ban Graphics, while the Special Full Art print features artwork by kawayoo. The Regular, Full Art, and Rainbow Rare prints were subsequently included in the Team Up expansion, while the Special Full Art print became a SM Black Star Promo available in the Tag Team Tins. The Regular print was reprinted, alongside an entirely gold Full Art print, in the Japanese Tag All Stars subset. The entirely gold Full Art print, alongside a Jumbo version of it, was released in English in the Pikachu & Zekrom-GX Premium Collection.

Gallery

Team Up Regular print
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita
Team Up Full Art print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
Team Up Rainbow Rare print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
SM Promotional print
Illus. kawayoo
Tag All Stars Secret print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
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

In Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, one of the victory Catchphrases references this card's Full Blitz attack by name. It reads, "Don't feel too bad. Nobody escapes my Full Blitz." Full Blitz is the only attack with this distinction.

Origin

Tag Bolt is the name of the Japanese expansion in which Pikachu & Zekrom-GX was first released.


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