JAPANESE PIKACHU CARDS GUIDE

(POKEMON: JP VER.)
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PIKACHU CARDS GUIDE (JP VER.?How do you tell Pikachu cards apart?Check the number and rarity letters in the bottom corner. Promo numbers end in -P (e.g. 261/SV-P). The earliest cards (1996–2001) have no number — use the set symbol and rarity mark.)
FIRST PIKACHU · OCT 20, 1996?Pikachu was in the first Japanese Pocket Monster card game Base Set, released October 20, 1996 — over two years before the English TCG.

JAPANESE PIKACHU CARD CHECKLIST

[24 PIKACHUS] 1996 BASE SET TO 2025 POKÉMON CENTER PROMOS

Pikachu has been printed hundreds of times in Japan since the 1996 Base Set, in regular sets and a long run of promos. Most are common. These 24 are the ones collectors hunt. The 5 marked ★ are the ones to look for first: the 1996 no-rarity original, Pikachu Illustrator, Sapporo’s Pikachu, the Pikachu VMAX CSR and the Pikachu ex SAR 132/106.

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★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:1996 · BASE SETPikachuNO RARITY · 1ST PRINT(eBay) → GET ITEM:1996+ · BASE SETPikachu● COMMON MARK · REPRINT(eBay) → GET ITEM:1997 · JUNGLEPikachuJUNGLE SET · JP VER.(eBay) → GET ITEM:1998 · GYMLt. Surge’s PikachuLEADERS’ STADIUM(eBay) → GET ITEM:2000 · NEOPikachuNEO 1 · JP VER.(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:1998 · COROCOROPikachu IllustratorPRIZE · UP TO 39 AWARDED(eBay) → GET ITEM:1997–98 · TROPHYTrophy PikachuGOLD · SILVER · BRONZE(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:2016 · HOKKAIDOSapporo’s Pikachu005/SM-P(eBay) → GET ITEM:2017 · TOHOKUTohoku’s Pikachu088/SM-P · 1ST VER.(eBay) → GET ITEM:2020 · CHŪBUKanazawa’s Pikachu144/S-P · WITH LOGO(eBay) → GET ITEM:2020 · CHŪBUKanazawa’s Pikachu147/S-P · BOX VER.(eBay) → GET ITEM:2019 · KANSAITea Party Pikachu325/SM-P · KYOTO(eBay) → GET ITEM:2025 · TOHOKUTohoku’s Pikachu260/SV-P · 2ND VER.(eBay) → GET ITEM:2025 · CHŪGOKUHiroshima’s Pikachu261/SV-P(eBay) → GET ITEM:2025 · KYŪSHŪFukuoka’s Pikachu289/SV-P(eBay) → GET ITEM:2018 · MUNCHScream Pikachu288/SM-P · MUNCH(eBay) → GET ITEM:2018 · SM9Pikachu & Zekrom-GXTAG BOLT · TAG TEAM(eBay) → GET ITEM:2020 · S4Pikachu VMAX031/100 RRR(eBay) → GET ITEM:2021 · S8aFlying Pikachu VMAX024/028 · 25TH(eBay) → GET ITEM:2021 · S8aSurfing Pikachu VMAX022/028 · 25TH(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:2021 · S8bPikachu VMAX223/184 CSR(eBay) → GET ITEM:2023 · 151Pikachu025/165 · SV2a(eBay) → GET ITEM:2024 · SV8Pikachu ex122/106 SR(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:2024 · SV8Pikachu ex132/106 SAR(eBay)