Pikachu VMAX (Vivid Voltage 44)

Pikachu VMAX  
ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX
Lightning
PikachuVMAXVividVoltage44.jpg
Vivid Voltage Regular print
Illus. aky CG Works
Evolution stage
Pikachu
Pokémon VMAX
Evolves from Pikachu V
Gigantamax
Card name Pikachu VMAX
Type Lightning
HP 310
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion Vivid Voltage
Rarity Ultra-Rare Rare
English card no. 044/185
Japanese expansion Amazing Volt Tackle
Japanese rarity RRR
Japanese card no. 031/100
English expansion Vivid Voltage
Rarity Rare Rainbow
English card no. 188/185
Japanese expansion Amazing Volt Tackle
Japanese rarity HR
Japanese card no. 114/100
English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no. SWSH062
Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 123/S-P
Japanese expansion VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity RRR
Japanese card no. 046/184
Japanese expansion 25th Anniversary Golden Box
Japanese card no. 006/015
English expansion Lost Origin
Rarity TGV
English card no. TG17/TG30
Japanese expansion VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity CSR
Japanese card no. 223/184
English expansion Lost Origin
Rarity TGS
English card no. TG29/TG30
Japanese expansion VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity UR
Japanese card no. 279/184
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

PikachuVMAX (Japanese: ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX) is a Lightning-type Pokémon VMAX card. It was first released as part of the Vivid Voltage expansion.

Card text

LightningLightningLightning
G-Max Volt Tackle
キョダイボルテッカー
120+
You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 150 more damage.
025Gi
VMAX Rule
When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Secret Rainbow Rare in the Vivid Voltage expansion, first released in the Japanese Amazing Volt Tackle expansion. Both prints feature artwork by aky CG Works. It was reprinted as one of the SWSH Black Star Promos with different artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki and was available in the Celebrations Premium Figure Collection—Pikachu VMAX from October 22, 2021. In Japan, this print was released as one of the 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] The promotion ran for as long as stocks lasted. The Japanese version of this print has the campaign logo on the right edge of the artwork. In Japan, the Vivid Voltage Regular print was reprinted in the VMAX Climax subset and in the 25th Anniversary Golden Box, the latter of which has a blue and gold "25th" graphic on the right edge of the artwork. The VMAX Climax subset also included a Character Secret Rare print with artwork by Souichirou Gunjima and a gold Secret Full Art print with artwork by aky CG Works, both of which were later included in the Lost Origin expansion outside Asia.

Gallery

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Vivid Voltage Regular print
Illus. aky CG Works
PikachuVMAXVividVoltage188.jpg
Vivid Voltage Rainbow Rare print
Illus. aky CG Works
PikachuVMAXSWSHPromo62.jpg
SWSH Promotional print
Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki
PikachuVMAXLostOriginTG17.jpg
Lost Origin Trainer Gallery Full Art
print Illus. Souichirou Gunjima
PikachuVMAXLostOriginTG29.jpg
Lost Origin Trainer Gallery
Secret print Illus. aky CG Works
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

Origin

This card features Gigantamax Pikachu. G-Max Volt Tackle appears to be a G-Max Move version of Volt Tackle, a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. Red is featured in the Lost Origin Trainer Gallery Full Art print's illustration, who uses a Pikachu in the majority of games in which he appears as an opponent.

References


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