✨ Card of the Day · October 28, 2026
Pikachu
Base Set · #58/102 · Lightning type
The card
| Type | Lightning |
| HP | 40 |
| Stage | Basic Pokémon |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Set | Base Set (1999, the original English Pokémon TCG set) |
| Number | 58/102 |
| Weakness / Retreat | Fighting / 1 |
Why it's epic
The face of Pokémon itself, in the set that started it all in English. This is the original Pikachu card: a humble 40 HP Basic with a flip-a-coin Thunder Jolt, drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita with the cheeks already crackling. It never needed to be the strongest card in the set — it was the one every kid recognized first, and the one that made the whole game feel like home.
Attacks, as printed
Gnaw — 10. Pikachu's attack, as printed on the card.
Thunder Jolt — 30. Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself.
Showcase spotlight only — this card is not part of the Holo Lane collection and is never for sale here. Facts are taken from the card as printed, plus the set's established release history.
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