How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read XY 42/146 there. Its illustration is signed MAHOU.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the XY set, released here on 5 February 2014.

Pikachu XY 42/146

XYFRCommon

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€1.25

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read XY 42/146 there. Its illustration is signed MAHOU.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the XY set, released here on 5 February 2014.

When it came out

XY landed here on 5 February 2014.

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: 42/146
Set: XYXY
Illustrated by: MAHOU

Its attacks

NuzzleFrotte-Frimousse

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire est maintenant Paralysé.

Quick AttackVive-Attaque

20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, cette attaque inflige 10 dégâts supplémentaires.

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 5,417 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 5,417 tournament lists we have read, 1,215 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.

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