Pikachu #042

Pikachu 042 — 30th Celebration (English Pokémon TCG card)
Set
30th Celebration
Card number
042
Rarity
Rare
Language
English
HP
60
Stage
Basic
Energy type
Lightning
Weakness
Fighting ×2
Retreat cost
1
Illustrator
Akira Komayama

Attacks

  • Charge-Up Dash
    Cost: Colorless

    Flip a coin until you get tails. Search your deck for an amount of Basic Lightning Energy up to the number of heads and attach it to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck

  • Pika Bolt — Damage: 50
    Cost: Lightning, Lightning, Colorless

Card text

  • You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.

Pikachu #042 is a English Pokémon TCG card from the 30th Celebration set, printed at Rare rarity.

It is a Basic card.

It has 60 HP and is a Lightning-type card.

Battle stats: weakness Fighting ×2, retreat cost 1.

Illustration by Akira Komayama.

30th Celebration was released in 2026 as part of the Mega Evolution series.

The 30th Celebration set page lists every other card in the same expansion in card-number order.

Every other Pokémon TCG card featuring this same species is listed on the linked species page below.

Evolution Line

  1. Pikachu #042 · Basic
  2. Raichu #095/286 · Stage 1
  3. Raichu LV.X #099/106 · LEVEL-UP

Other Printings

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