It’s a special day at the museum as we welcome the partial namesake of the entire collection: the one and only Pikachu. As the “Pik” in GeoPik, this cheerful Pokémon is the spark of inspiration behind the project. This particular specimen is a lovely common card from the modern set Clay Burst, featuring a wonderfully bright and lively urban scene.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Pikachu (ピカチュウ)
- Set: Clay Burst (sv2D)
- Year: 2023
- Card Number: 017-071
- Rarity/Edition: Common
- Artist: OKACHEKE
- National Pokédex No.: 025
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Lightning
- HP: 70
- Attack 1:
- Japanese: なきごえ
- Romaji: Nakigoe
- English: Growl
- Cost: [Colourless]
- Effect: During your opponent’s next turn, the damage of an attack used by the Pokémon this attack was used on is reduced by 20.
- Attack 2:
- Japanese: ピカボルト
- Romaji: Pikaboruto
- English: Pika Bolt
- Cost: [Lightning][Colourless]
- Damage: 30
- Weakness: Fighting x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: 両頬には 電気を 溜めこむ 袋がある。怒ると 溜めこんだ 電気を 一気に 放ってくる。
- Romaji: Ryōhō ni wa denki o tamekomu fukuro ga aru. Okoru to tamekonda denki o ikki ni hanatte kuru.
- English: It has electric sacs on both its cheeks. If angered, it immediately discharges the electricity it has stored.
Collector’s Notes
This Pikachu is a Common card from the Japanese set Clay Burst (sv2D), part of the Scarlet & Violet TCG era. The artwork by OKACHEKE is vibrant and full of life, depicting a happy Pikachu leaping through a clean, modern city street. The art style is clean and optimistic, perfectly capturing the cheerful personality of the world’s most famous Pokémon.
This card holds a special place in the collection, not just as a Friend of Geopik, but as its official mascot. While Pikachu is not a geological Pokémon, its Lightning type provides a fascinating thematic link. Electricity is a powerful natural force, with lightning being a dramatic interaction between the atmosphere and the ground—a geological event. Furthermore, the phenomenon of piezoelectricity, where certain crystals like quartz generate an electric charge in response to mechanical stress, is a direct bridge between the geological world and the electrical world that Pikachu represents. This card symbolises the energy and passion that drives the collection.
