Pikachu ex

Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position

276 / 295

Release year

2026

Rarity

Special Illustration Rare

HP

200

Subtype

Basic · ex

Retreat cost

1 energy

Regulation mark

H

Illustrator

booota

Pokédex #

25

Series

Mega Evolution

Strategy & play

How Pikachu ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

• A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
• Its main attack (Thunderbolt) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
• Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
• Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
• Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥100 effectively one-shots it.
• A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Light Ball

in 61% of decks · 180 seen

Walking Wake ex

in 6% of decks · 17 seen

Galvantula ex

in 12% of decks · 35 seen

Galvantula

in 55% of decks · 164 seen

Magnemite

in 6% of decks · 19 seen

Joltik

in 60% of decks · 177 seen

Magneton

in 7% of decks · 20 seen

Bouffalant

in 15% of decks · 46 seen

Illustrated by booota

About this card

Tournament play

This printing of Pikachu ex has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

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