Today's Pokémon Card:

Platinum: Rising Rivals - Pikachu (Reprint)

“It has small electric sacs on both its cheeks. If threatened, 
it looses electric charges from the sacs.”

Total Overview:

Hi beautiful people!
I'm sorry it took me so long to get back here. Had so much to do the last couple of weeks - an exam I had to pass and things like that, but I'm back for good now.

So this Pokémon I've been looking forward to. Unfortunately I do not own this card yet, but I'm sure I will some day. It's really awesome, and I simply just love it.
Let's cut to the chase!

Pikachu is (of course) an lightning type Pokémon (duh!?) ;)
This one has 40 HP and 2 different attacks. The first one is Gnaw that deals 10 damage to your opponent. It requires only one energy card of your own choice, so that's cool. YOU DECIDE!... Sorry, I don't know where that came from..
The second one is Thunder Jolt, it deals 30 damage and costs one lightning type energy and one colorless energy card. BUT - you have to flip a coin, uh uh.. And if the coin ends on tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself, which really sucks, since it only has 40 HP!
Pikachu has no resistance to any Pokémon type, but is weak x2 to fighting type Pokémon. This means, that if you're up against, let's say Onix, and it uses an attack on you that deals 20 damage, you have to double this, which makes it 40 damage instead! Thus, your Pikachu is already finished off :(
If you wish to retreat your Pikachu, it will cost you 1 energy card of your choice.
PIkachu HAS NO EVOLUTION in this set. There is a Raichu in Rising Rivals, yes, but this is a basic Pokémon, so you really have nothing to do further with your Pikachu, if you wish to play it.

Personal Opinion:

First off - I've come up with a new way of rating these Pokémon! I'm going to change the scale, so instead of 1-5 it's 1-6 :) Sometimes you see Pokémon that are just right in the middle, but with the 1-5 scale, they have to be either a bit above or below, and that's a shame.. 

Oh yeah, and the scale is now measured in Poké Balls :D

Well, I have to rate this Pikachu, and it's not going to be good.. I'm going to give it:

In this set there are so many basic Pokémon, and for a Pokémon with only 40 HP, 2 fairly week attacks where one of them may even harm Pikachu itself, that's just really, really bad. Especially since you can't even evolve Pikachu into Raichu. That's just not good enough.. This is one of those Pokémon that exists only for the collector. It looks awesome and it's a great gimmick to add to your collection, but it's definitely not a playable Pokémon :)

A bit about the artwork:

Do I have to say it looks awesome??
I started collecting these cards when I was around 8 years old, the first sets are the ones I really remember, and that's where nostalgia comes from. Seeing reprints in newer sets always makes me happy, because it's something that I can relate to, with an indescribable inner, childish happiness :)
I love the holo on this card, it really just looks amazing from every viewpoint possible. It's worth noticing that this one has red cheeks - whereas the original from Base Set has yellow cheeks unless it's a shadowless Pikachu, but I will describe what these are very soon - I promise :)

Next Card Review:

So, I think it's time to do a very regular Pokémon. I just did the Nidoran male from Rising Rivals which is very similar to that from Base Set. Wouldn't it then be fitting to take this one next?
YES!

So, next review is Nidoran male from Base Set!

I will soon be doing some new stuff here on my blog, so make sure you check it out now and then! Check my YouTube channel as well, I opened 30 Rising Rivals booster packs not long ago, and it went pretty well. I will soon be uploading a video with a Plasma Storm booster box, so stay tuned Pokéfans ;)

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

The best part! Let's just get on with it :D

I choose you: Code Card!

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Congratulations to whoever got the online Plasma Storm booster pack!