How many Pikachu cards are there?

There are 213 Pikachu cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 86 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Pikachu card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Pikachu art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Pikachu cards?

90 illustrators have drawn Pikachu. aky CG Works has done the most at 13, followed by 5ban Graphics and Mitsuhiro Arita.

What was the first Pikachu card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 66 of its 213 cards are Common.

No. 25 · Kanto · Electric

Pikachucards

Pikachu is a Electric-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 25 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 213
Sets: 86
Printed: 1999–2026
Illustrators: 90
Sightings: 97

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The strongest Pikachu art

01/06
Pikachu
Crown Zenith · 2023
Drawn by You Iribi
Secret Rare
02/06
Pikachu ex
30th Celebration · 2026
Drawn by kantaro
Special illustration rare
03/06
Pikachu ex
30th Celebration · 2026
Drawn by kantaro
Special illustration rare
04/06
Pikachu V-UNION
SWSH Black Star Promos · 2019
Promo
05/06
Pikachu V-UNION
SWSH Black Star Promos · 2019
Promo
06/06
Pikachu V-UNION
SWSH Black Star Promos · 2019
Promo

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Which is the better picture?

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Pikachu by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Pikachu cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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in the forest36 cards among flowers23 cards with lightning26 cards in a meadow18 cards with friends13 cards indoors13 cards in the mountains7 cards in the sky9 cards

How Pikachu gets drawn

Pikachu is usually drawn playful and cute, often jumping.

Across 178 Pikachu artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Playful144 of 178 artworks Cute122 of 178 artworks Jumping73 of 178 artworks Busy39 of 178 artworks

Drawn against type

The Pikachu pictures least like the rest.

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1999–2026

Pikachu through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Wizards Black Star Promos
2005 POP Series 2
2006 POP Series 4
2007 POP Series 5
2008 Stormfront
2009 Pokémon Rumble
2010 Undaunted
2011 BW Black Star Promos
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 XY Black Star Promos
2014 Furious Fists
2015 BREAKthrough
2016 Generations
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2020 Vivid Voltage
2021 Celebrations
2022 Lost Origin Trainer Gallery
2023 SVP Black Star Promos
2024 Surging Sparks
2025 Prismatic Evolutions
2026 30th Celebration

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Evolution line

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Raichu71 cards

Pikachu sightingsspotted in 97 other cards

Cards where Pikachu turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding. See all 97.

Every Pikachu card

213 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Pikachu in numbers

Cards: 213
Sets: 86since Base Set
Illustrators: 90most by aky CG Works
Printed: 1999–2026
Printed as: Basic, V-UNION, VMAX
Sightings: 97in other cards' art
HP on card: 30–310

They span 86 sets, from Base Set to 30th Classic Collection. 90 illustrators have drawn it, most often aky CG Works, 5ban Graphics and Mitsuhiro Arita. It has been printed as Basic, V-UNION and VMAX.

Who draws Pikachu

90 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

86 sets, by how many Pikachu cards each holds.

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Rarity

Common66Promo56Pikachu Rare30None11Rare8Secret Rare8

Questions

How many Pikachu cards are there?: There are 213 Pikachu cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 86 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Pikachu card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Pikachu art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Pikachu cards?: 90 illustrators have drawn Pikachu. aky CG Works has done the most at 13, followed by 5ban Graphics and Mitsuhiro Arita.
What was the first Pikachu card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 66 of its 213 cards are Common.