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SM Black Star Promos

Pikachu SMP SM157/248

Name: Pikachu SMP SM157/248
Brand: Pokémon

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Card language

Seller location

Pikachu arrived in SM Black Star Promos on 3 February 2017.

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

SM Black Star Promos landed here on 3 February 2017.

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: SM157/248
Set: SM Black Star PromosSMPSet guide
Illustrated by: Megumi Mizutani

Its Ability

Pika Shield

This Pokémon can’t be Paralyzed.

Its attacks

Static Shock

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
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 has an Ability, Pika Shield. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
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 8,076 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 8,076 tournament lists we have read, 1,891 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

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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

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Pikachu SMP SM157/248

The market for this printing

When it came out

What the card itself says

Its Ability

Pika Shield

Its attacks

Static Shock

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

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What to make of it

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

What the card itself says

Its Ability

Pika Shield

Its attacks

Static Shock