Pokémon · Base
Pikachu
Wizards Black Star Promos · #4 · Promo · 1999
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$43.05
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 4 / 53
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Raichu
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 25
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Pikachu plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Pikachu
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 1 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Pikachu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When several of these Pokémon gather, they attract so much electricity that they can cause lightning to strike."
LRecharge
Search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward.
LLLThunderbolt — 50
Discard all Energy cards attached to Pikachu in order to use this attack.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Pikachu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Pikachu ex — Surging Sparks
Played in 117 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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $26.95 | $46.32 | $9,999.00 | $43.05 | $33.66 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €18.00 |
| 7-day average | €12.41 |
| 30-day average | €20.65 |
| Low | €0.55 |
| Trend price | €23.21 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €14.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.69 |
| averageSellPrice | €21.59 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.50 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.79 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pikachu is real?
Pikachu 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 worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pikachu is $43.05; 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 from?
Pikachu is from the Pokémon set "Wizards Black Star Promos" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Pikachu?
Pikachu is a Promo card in the Wizards Black Star Promos set.
Other Pikachu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
