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Pikachu
Wizards Black Star Promos 4/53 • promo
- Set
- Wizards Black Star Promos
- Number
- 4/53
- Rarity
- Promo
- Released
- 1999
- Energy type
- Electric energy
- Market price
- $41.37
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
What it does
Search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Discard all Energy cards attached to Pikachu in order to use this attack.
When several of these Pokémon gather, they attract so much electricity that they can cause lightning to strike.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
The Pikachu card numbered 4 in the Wizards Black Star Promos set was released in 1999 as part of a promotional campaign to support the North American launch of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was distributed to attendees of the 1999 Pokémon League Summer Training Tour, an event designed to introduce players to the game mechanics and build community engagement during the height of the franchise's initial global expansion.
The artwork for this card was created by Ken Sugimori, the primary character designer for the Pokémon series. Sugimori utilized a clean, minimalist aesthetic characteristic of his early work, capturing Pikachu in a dynamic pose that emphasized its electric type identity. The card became a staple of early collections, noted for its distinct foil stamp and its status as a foundational piece of the English-language promotional card history.
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