Ex: Luther Burden III in a storm surge
You can both use your opponents creatures as a threat against other players, and save them from impending removal to forge alliances
Key facts: Artwork by Atsuko Nishida , the original designer of Pikachu Classified as a Trainer card , not a Pokmon card, adding to its oddity Credited with "Illus." in the illustrator field rather than a name, an intentional callback to the contest winners Approximately 41 copies were officially distributed (39 to contest winners, plus 2 additional copies that surfaced in 2019 from Yuichi Konno, one of the original TCG rule designers) As of early 2026, PSA has graded 44 total copies , suggesting a few more have entered circulation The $16.49 million sale In April 2022 , YouTuber Logan Paul acquired the only PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator in existence through a private sale, trading his own PSA 9 copy plus roughly $4 million in cash, for a combined value around $5.275 million
Slightly confusingly, every time you level up your trainer, each Pokemon gets two extra segments to the curve, so a fully levelled up Pokemon can be levelled up twice more for everytime you level up
Learn how to play with the included strategy advice, rules, and a reference card outlining what to do on your turn
It is light relief from more conventional magic formats