Pikachu ex

Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position

277 / 295

Release year

2026

Rarity

Special Illustration Rare

HP

200

Subtype

Basic · Tera · ex

Retreat cost

1 energy

Regulation mark

H

Illustrator

James Turner

Pokédex #

25

Series

Mega Evolution

Strategy & play

How Pikachu ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

• A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
• Its main attack (Topaz Bolt) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
• Hits for 300 — one-shots most ex and many high-HP VMAX/Tera Pokémon.
• Needs Grass / Lightning / Metal Energy to attack — note its own type is Lightning, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
• Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥100 effectively one-shots it.
• A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Light Ball

in 48% of decks · 208 seen

Walking Wake ex

in 4% of decks · 16 seen

Galvantula ex

in 10% of decks · 42 seen

Galvantula

in 41% of decks · 177 seen

Magnemite

in 6% of decks · 26 seen

Magneton

in 6% of decks · 27 seen

Joltik

in 46% of decks · 198 seen

Terapagos ex

in 33% of decks · 145 seen

Illustrated by James Turner

About this card

Tournament play

This printing of Pikachu ex has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

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