Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Pikachu ex
Prismatic Evolutions · #28 · Double Rare · 2025
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$2.50
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 28 / 180
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Double Rare
- HP
- 190
- Subtype
- Basic · Tera · ex
- Evolves to
- Raichu
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 25
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 220 damage
- 73.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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 (Thunder) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 220 — one-shots most single-prize attackers and many ex, but not 300+ HP walls.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥95 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.
How to beat Pikachu ex
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥95 damage one-shots it.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.53 copies on average · 393 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.5%
- -1.6 pts vs the 47.1% field average
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.
Building around Pikachu ex?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CTail Whap — 30
LLCThunder — 220
This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.
As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's).
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Pikachu ex or Prismatic Evolutions.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Pikachu ex was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Pikachu ex has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Pikachu ex — Surging Sparks
Played in 152 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.50 | $2.75 | $28.70 | $2.50 | $4.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pikachu ex is real?
Pikachu ex is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Pikachu ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pikachu ex is $2.50; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Pikachu ex from?
Pikachu ex is from the Pokémon set "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Pikachu ex?
Pikachu ex is a Double Rare card in the Prismatic Evolutions set.
Other Pikachu ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
Special Illustration RarePikachu ex
Ascended Heroes · #277
Special Illustration RarePikachu ex
Ascended Heroes · #276
Double RarePikachu ex
Ascended Heroes · #57
Hyper RarePikachu ex
Prismatic Evolutions · #179
Special Illustration RarePikachu ex
Surging Sparks · #238
Ultra RarePikachu ex
Surging Sparks · #219
Double RarePikachu ex
Surging Sparks · #57
Hyper RarePikachu ex
Surging Sparks · #247
