Our sixth specimen is another fantastic card from the 2022 special collaboration set, Pokémon GO. This time it is the Holo Rare version of Pikachu, featuring a special and thematic accessory that celebrates the very game we collect.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Pikachu (ピカチュウ)
- Set: Pokémon GO (s10b)
- Year: 2022
- Card Number: 028/071
- Rarity/Edition: Rare Holo
- Artist: Narumi Sato
- National Pokédex No.: 025
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Lightning
- HP: 70
- Attack 1: Wild Bolt (ワイルドボルト)
- Cost: [Lightning][Lightning][Colourless]
- Damage: 90
- Effect: This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.
- Weakness: Fighting x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: つくる 電気が 強力な ピカチュウほど ほっぺの 袋は 軟らかく よく 伸びるぞ。
- Romaji: Tsukuru denki ga kyōryokuna Pikachū hodo hoppe no fukuro wa yawaraka ku yoku nobiru zo.
- English: The more powerful the electricity that a Pikachu produces, the softer and more stretchy the pouches on its cheeks become.
Collector’s Notes
This Holo Rare Pikachu is a key card from the special Pokémon GO set. The beautiful artwork by Narumi Sato depicts a cheerful, winking Pikachu in a peaceful, grassy field. The most notable feature is the blue cap it’s wearing, which is adorned with an icon of two Pokémon cards. This is a “TCG Hat,” an avatar item that players could wear in the Pokémon GO game, making this card a fantastic “meta” reference to the game’s crossover nature. The vertical holographic pattern adds a lovely shimmer to the peaceful scene.
As the official Museum Mascot, this card tells a story about the act of collecting itself. The hat is a direct nod to the players and collectors of the physical card game. For the GeoPik museum, this Pikachu represents the collector—the geologist, the prospector, the explorer—out in the field, searching for specimens. The lush, green environment in the artwork is a direct product of the underlying geology—the soil, the bedrock, and the water table that support such life. It is a perfect, gentle representation of a healthy ecosystem thriving on a solid geological foundation.
