Pooka
Pikachu
#40/177 in Burning Shadows, Common, 60 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Saya Tsuruta.
- Card number
- #40/177
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 5, 2017
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
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Collector Notes
Pikachu
Pikachu appears in the English print of Burning Shadows, released on August 5, 2017. Pikachu is a common rarity and 60 HP. The Burning Shadows set contains 177 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Saya Tsuruta.
Collector Insights
Pikachu is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 60 HP. It features two attacks: Tail Whap, which costs one Colorless Energy to deal 10 damage, and Thunder Shock, requiring one Lightning and one Colorless Energy to strike for 20 damage while potentially paralyzing the opponent’s Active Pokémon. The card has a Resistance to Metal-type attacks, reducing damage by 20, and is weak to Fighting-type attacks, which deal double damage. It belongs to the Sun & Moon series, released as part of the Burning Shadows set on August 5, 2017. The card’s flavor text hints at a planned electric power plant involving multiple Pikachu. It has a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy and is classified as a Common rarity card. Artist Saya Tsuruta designed the illustration, and it carries thedex number 25.
A plan was recently announced to gather many Pikachu and make an electric power plant.
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