HGSS Black Star Promos

Pikachu

HGSSHGSS03· Promo
Pikachu HGSS HGSS03

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
70
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+10
Resistance
-20
Number
HGSS03/25
Illustrated by
Kanako Eo

Its attacks

Recharge

Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Thunderbolt

100

Discard all Energy attached to Pikachu.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    Thunderbolt hits for 100 on 4 Energy. Nothing in HGSS Black Star Promos hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,611 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting +10. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,611 tournament lists we have read, 834 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 187 Pikachu cards on one page, priciest first.

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