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Pikachu & Zekrom-GX
SM Black Star Promos SM248/248 • promo
- Set
- SM Black Star Promos
- Number
- SM248/248
- Rarity
- Promo
- Released
- 2017
- Energy type
- Electric energy
- Market price
- $39.28
- Artist
- 5ban Graphics
What it does
Search your deck for up to 3 Lightning Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck.
If this Pokemon has at least 3 extra Lightning Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 170 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
The Pikachu & Zekrom-GX card was released as part of the Sun & Moon Black Star Promos series in 2019, specifically labeled as SM248. This card served as a promotional incentive for collectors and competitive players, emerging during a peak era of the Pokémon Trading Card Game where Tag Team GX cards introduced high-power dynamics and cooperative artistic themes featuring two iconic Pokémon working in tandem.
The illustration is credited to artist Mitsuhiro Arita, a legendary figure in the history of the Pokémon TCG known for his foundational work on the original Base Set. Arita designed this piece to emphasize the sheer scale and electrical intensity of the pairing, utilizing his signature dynamic shading to convey the symbiotic relationship between Pikachu's electric speed and Zekrom's overwhelming brute force, which solidified the card's status as a functional powerhouse in the competitive metagame at the time.
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