Pooka
Pikachu
#4/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos, Promo, 50 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Card number
- #4/53
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- English
- Release date
- July 1, 1999
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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Collector Notes
Pikachu
Pikachu appears in the English print of Wizards Black Star Promos, released on July 1, 1999. Pikachu is a promo rarity and 50 HP. The Wizards Black Star Promos set contains 53 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Pikachu is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 50 HP, featuring a retreat cost of one Colorless energy. It belongs to the Base series, released as part of the Wizards Black Star Promos set in July 1999, and carries a Promo rarity. The card’s flavor text describes how groups of these Pokémon generate enough electricity to summon lightning. Pikachu has no resistances and is weak to Fighting-type attacks with double damage. Its two attacks include Recharge, which costs one Lightning energy to search the deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu before shuffling the deck, and Thunderbolt, a powerful move requiring three Lightning energy to deal 50 damage while discarding all attached Energy cards. The card’s themecolor is a warm golden hue, and it is illustrated by artist Ken Sugimori. This version of Pikachu does not include any abilities beyond its listed attacks and retreat cost.
When several of these Pokémon gather, they attract so much electricity that they can cause lightning to strike.
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