Pikachu VMAX (Vivid Voltage 44)

Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX) is a Lightning-type VMAX Pokémon VMAX card. It was first released as part of the Vivid Voltage expansion.

Pikachu

ピカチュウVMAX PikachuVMAX

VMAX Climax Character Secret Rare
print Illus. Souichirou Gunjima

Evolution stage

Pokémon VMAX
Evolves from Pikachu V
Gigantamax

Card name

310

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Vivid Voltage
Rarity
English card no.	044/185
Japanese expansion	Amazing Volt Tackle
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	031/100

English expansion	Vivid Voltage
Rarity
English card no.	188/185
Japanese expansion	Amazing Volt Tackle
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	114/100

English expansion	SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no.	SWSH062
Japanese expansion	S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	123/S-P

Japanese expansion	25th Anniversary Golden Box
Japanese card no.	006/015

Japanese expansion	VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	046/184

Japanese expansion	VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	223/184

Japanese expansion	VMAX Climax
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	279/184

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

Card text

	G-Max Volt Tackle キョダイボルテッカー	120+

You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 150 more damage.

When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Secret Rainbow Rare in the Vivid Voltage expansion, first released in the Japanese Amazing Volt Tackle expansion. Both prints feature artwork by aky CG Works. It was reprinted as one of the SWSH Black Star Promos with different artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki and was available in the Celebrations Premium Figure Collection—Pikachu VMAX from October 22, 2021. In Japan, this print was released as one of the S-P Promotional cards and was available as part of the PikaPika! Pikachu! Campaign, which began on September 18, 2020. For every six Amazing Volt Tackle booster packs purchased in one transaction at participating stores, customers would receive a special pack containing one of five possible cards. For every Amazing Volt Tackle booster box purchased, customers would receive five special packs. The promotion ran for as long as stocks lasted. The Japanese version of this print has the campaign logo on the right edge of the artwork. In Japan, the Vivid Voltage Regular print was reprinted in the 25th Anniversary Golden Box, which has a blue and gold "25th" graphic on the right edge of the artwork, and in the VMAX Climax subset. The VMAX Climax subset also included a Character Secret Rare print with artwork by Souichirou Gunjima and a gold Secret Full Art print with artwork by aky CG Works.

Gallery

Vivid Voltage Regular print
Illus. aky CG Works

Vivid Voltage Rainbow Rare print
Illus. aky CG Works

SWSH Promotional print
Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki

VMAX Climax Character Secret
Rare print Illus. Souichirou Gunjima

VMAX Climax Secret print
Illus. aky CG Works

Trivia

Origin

This card features Gigantamax Pikachu. Red is featured in the VMAX Climax Character Secret Rare print's illustration, who uses a Pikachu in the majority of games in which he appears as an opponent.

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