Pikachu HS 78/123

Name: Pikachu HS 78/123
Brand: Pokémon

HSCommon

Card language

Seller location

Pikachu has appeared in several sets: HS trainer Kit (Raichu) (TK4R 2) and HeartGold SoulSilver (HS 78). 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

HeartGold SoulSilver landed here on 10 February 2010.

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: 78/123
Set: HeartGold SoulSilverHSSet guide
Illustrated by: match

Its attacks

Tail Slap

Quick Attack

20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 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 HS trainer Kit (Raichu) 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 8,065 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 8,065 tournament lists we have read, 1,723 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 TK4R 2/30HS trainer Kit (Raichu)
Pikachu TK4R 16/30HS trainer Kit (Raichu)
Pikachu HS 78/123HeartGold SoulSilverCommonThe one you are looking atCommon

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 HS 78/123

The market for this printing

When it came out