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Name: Pikachu
AKA: Yellow Cheek Pikachu
Release Date: 1999/January/9
Expansion / Set: Base Set - Unlimited Shadowless
Theme Deck: Zap! Theme Deck
Card #: 58/102
Approx. Value: $5.00 - $10.00
Notes:
The Base Set is a very unique expansion, it is the first set of English Pokémon cards, and also the first to be translated and published by Wizards of the Coast. The name "Base Set" was given to this expansion by fans and collectors because it is the basis for where Pokémon TCG started in the USA. Another interesting fact about this expansion is that it is the only set to be revised after it was released.
The original version to be released was the "Shadowless" Base Set. These cards do not have a “drop shadow” under the character illustration window, hence the name “Shadowless”. The "Shadowless" cards had a "1st edition" print run, and an "unlimited" print run. This first published set was a huge success, selling 10 times better than expected, and is now the most valuable and sought after American Pokémon set by collectors.
Unlike the Japanese cards, almost all of the expansions produced by WotC had a 1st and 2nd print run. Cards that were part of the first print run had the “edition 1” insignia and are referred to as “1st edition”, while the 2nd print run cards lacked the insignia and are referred to as “unlimited”. Booster packs that contained unlimited shadowless cards, were not stamp with the insignia.
Theme decks for the Base set had 2 versions: "Unlimited Shadowless" & "Unlimited - Rev 1". These 2 decks have slight differences. The Shadowless theme decks have a gold “tear band” on the shrink wrap.
This card is famous for having 2 versions, a red-cheek variant and a yellow-cheek version. The original Japanese version depicts Pikachu with yellow cheeks. However, when Wizards released this card for the first time in English, they deliberately re-colored Pikachu's cheeks red in an effort to make it more recognizable. Wizards later reversed this decision in subsequent reprints of the card and returned Pikachu's cheeks to their original yellow color. Because of this reversal the original red cheek version is commonly mistaken to be an error.
14 variations of this card were released. This version is shadowless & Pikachu has yellow cheeks.
List of similiar cards:
Base Set (1st Edition Shadowless) Red Cheek Pikachu
Base Set (1st Edition Shadowless) Yellow Cheek Pikachu
Base Set (1st Edition Shadowless) Misprint Pikachu
Base Set (Unlimited Shadowless) Red Cheek Pikachu
Base Set (Unlimited Shadowless) Yellow Cheek Pikachu
Base Set (Unlimited - Rev 1) Pikachu
E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) Convention Pikachu
Nintendo Power Magazine Pikachu
Base Set (Unlimited- Rev 2) Pikachu
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