Pikachu (Cosmic Eclipse 66)

Pikachu  
ピカチュウ Pikachu
Lightning
PikachuCosmicEclipse66.jpg
Regular print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Pikachu
Type Lightning
HP 70
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Metal-20
retreat cost
 
English expansion Cosmic Eclipse
Rarity Common
English card no. 66/236
Japanese expansion Dream League
Japanese rarity C
Japanese card no. 016/049
English expansion Cosmic Eclipse
Rarity Rare Secret
English card no. 241/236
Japanese expansion Dream League
Japanese rarity CHR
Japanese card no. 054/049
Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 126/S-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 was first released as part of the Cosmic Eclipse expansion.

Card text

  Nuzzle
ほっぺすりすり
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
    Volt Tackle
ボルテッカー
70
This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself.


Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No. Height Weight
025 1'04" (0.4 m) 13.2 lbs. (6.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Its nature is to store up electricity. Forests where nests of Pikachu live are dangerous, since the trees are so often struck by lightning.
電気を ため込む 性質。 ピカチュウが 群れて 暮らす 森は 落雷が 絶えず 危険だ。


Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Cosmic Eclipse expansion, first released in the Japanese Dream League subset. The Regular print features artwork by Naoyo Kimura, while the Full Art print features artwork by Hitoshi Ariga. The Regular print was reprinted as one of the Japanese S-P Promotional cards and was available as part of the PikaPika! Pikachu! Promo Card Campaign!, which began on September 18, 2020. For every six Amazing Volt Tackle booster packs purchased in one transaction at participating stores, customers would receive a Promo Card Pack containing one of five possible cards. Customers could also receive five of these Promo Card Packs for every Amazing Volt Tackle booster box purchased per transaction.[1] This print has the campaign logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. The promotion ran for as long as stocks lasted.

Gallery

Regular print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Full Art print
Illus. Hitoshi Ariga
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

Nuzzle and Volt Tackle are both moves in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. Red in the Professor Oak's Laboratory is featured in the Full Art Secret print's illustration, who uses a Pikachu in all games in which he appears as an opponent. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.

References


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