Pretend Boss Pikachu (SM-P Promo 197)

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Pretend Boss Pikachu Team Skull  
ボスごっこピカチュウ スカル団 Pretend Boss Pikachu Team Skull
Lightning
PretendBossPikachuSMPromo197.jpg
Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Pretend Boss Pikachu
Type Lightning
HP 60
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Metal-20
retreat cost
 
Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 197/SM-P
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

Pretend Boss Pikachu Team Skull (Japanese: ボスごっこピカチュウ スカル団 Pretend Boss Pikachu Team Skull) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the SM-P Promotional cards.

Card text

   Destroy? [create category]
ブッこわす?
20
Before doing damage, discard all Pokémon Tool cards from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
    Pika Punch
ピカパンチ
50


Pokédex data

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No. Height Weight
025 1'04" (0.4 m) 13.2 lbs. (6.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
電気を 溜める 性質。時々 思い切り 放電 しないと ストレスを 感じる。


Release information

In Japan, this card was released as one of the SM-P Promotional cards and was available as part of the Team Rainbow Rocket's Ambition campaign. Starting January 20, 2018 for as long as stocks lasted, customers at participating Pokémon Centers (including the Pokémon Center Online) and Pokémon Stores who purchased five booster packs in one transaction could select to receive 1 of 7 Pretend Boss Pikachu promotional cards.

Trivia

Origin

The Pikachu in the illustration wears an outfit resembling that of Team Skull's Guzma. The Destroy? attack references Guzma's nature to overcome opponents with brute force. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Moon.


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