Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Pikachu ex

Scarlet & Violet

Prismatic Evolutions · #28 · Double Rare · 2025

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Card facts

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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

AttackerHeavy AttackerBench Damage

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; 1.48 copies on average · 494 decks
Match win rate: 45.7%; -1.3 pts vs the 47.0% 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.

Light Ball

in 48% of decks · 245 seen

Galvantula ex

in 12% of decks · 61 seen

Walking Wake ex

in 3% of decks · 17 seen

Magnemite

in 7% of decks · 35 seen

Galvantula

in 41% of decks · 208 seen

Magneton

in 7% of decks · 36 seen

Joltik

in 46% of decks · 234 seen

Terapagos ex

in 29% of decks · 146 seen

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About this card

HP: 190Type:LLightningSubtype: Basic · Tera · exEvolves to: Raichu

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.

expandedLegal

standardLegal

unlimitedLegal

Upcoming events

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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 78 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.