Pooka
Lt. Surge's Pikachu
#81/132 in Gym Heroes, Common, 50 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Card number
- #81/132
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 14, 2000
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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Collector Notes
Lt. Surge's Pikachu
Lt. Surge's Pikachu appears in the English print of Gym Heroes, released on August 14, 2000. Lt. Surge's Pikachu is a common rarity and 50 HP. The Gym Heroes set contains 132 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Lt. Surge's Pikachu is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 50 HP, featured in the Gym series as part of the Gym Heroes set released in 2000. It has a retreat cost of one Colorless energy and requires one Colorless energy to use its Charge attack. The Charge ability allows the player to take a Lightning Energy card from their discard pile and attach it to Lt. Surge's Pikachu, enhancing its energy efficiency. Its primary attack, Lightning Tail, costs two Lightning energies and deals 20 damage while flipping a coin to potentially paralyze the defending Pokémon. The card carries a Fighting-type weakness that multiplies damage by two, making it vulnerable to certain strategies. Designed by artist Ken Sugimori, this Common rarity card reflects the Gym theme with its thematic artwork and gameplay mechanics. It is numbered 81 in the set and corresponds to the Pokémon's official dex entry number 25. The card's themecolor of #c5b157 aligns with its Lightning-type identity and overall aesthetic.
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