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Pikachu ex

Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #106 · Promo · 2023

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Card facts

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Set position: 106 / 196
Release year: 2023
Rarity: Promo
HP: 200
Subtype: Basic · ex
Evolves to: Raichu
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Regulation mark: H
Illustrator: takuyoa
Pokédex #: 25
Series: Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 120 damage; 40 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

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.

How to beat Pikachu ex

Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥100 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; 1.5 copies on average · 407 decks
Match win rate: 45.7%; -1.5 pts vs the 47.2% 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 50% of decks · 216 seen

Galvantula ex

in 10% of decks · 45 seen

Walking Wake ex

in 4% of decks · 19 seen

Galvantula

in 43% of decks · 186 seen

Magnemite

in 6% of decks · 25 seen

Magneton

in 6% of decks · 26 seen

Joltik

in 47% of decks · 203 seen

Bouffalant

in 12% of decks · 51 seen

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About this card

HP: 200Type:LLightningSubtype: Basic · exEvolves to: Raichu

LLCThunderbolt — 120

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.

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standardLegal

unlimitedLegal

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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 158 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.

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2025/12/07

Variant	Price
1-day average	€11.00
7-day average	€13.91
30-day average	€15.77
Low	€14.95
Trend price	€13.46
Low (excellent+)	€14.95
averageSellPrice	€13.84

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, 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 "Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.

What rarity is Pikachu ex?

Pikachu ex is a Promo card in the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set.