Pikachu GEN RC29/83

Name: Pikachu GEN RC29/83
Brand: Pokémon

GENUltra Rare

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Seller location

Pikachu has appeared in several sets: McDonald's Collection 2014 (MCD14 5), Generations (GEN 26) and XY (XY 42). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Generations landed here on 22 February 2016.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP: 60
Type: Lightning
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -20
Number: RC29/83
Set: GenerationsGENSet guide
Illustrated by: Kagemaru Himeno

Its attacks

Nuzzle

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Quick Attack

20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.

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.

A strength
60 HP. Only 2 cards in McDonald's Collection 2014 carry more.
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.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,067 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,067 tournament lists we have read, 1,724 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Pikachu MCD14 5/12McDonald's Collection 2014
Pikachu GEN 26/83GenerationsCommonCommon
Pikachu GEN RC29/83GenerationsUltra RareThe one you are looking atUltra Rare
Pikachu XY 42/146XYCommonCommon

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 185 Pikachu cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Pikachu cards

Pikachu GEN RC29/83

The market for this printing

When it came out