Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration puts a Pikachu in every booster pack. There are 30 of them, each illustrated by a different artist, and each one is numbered twice on its card face — once in the ordinary set numbering, and once in a Pikachu-shaped marker that reads x/30. Every one has now been shown, and this page carries all 30 — the artist, both card numbers, HP, retreat cost and attack.
The 30 Pikachu checklist
All 30 slots are filled, and every one exists in both printings. Switch the checklist between the English 30C EN run and the Japanese M6a run — the tile numbers follow. See how the numbering works for how the two relate.
Tile prices are TCGplayer Near Mint market prices for the English printing, fetched 4 October 2026 and converted at 0.7564 USD→GBP; what the whole run costs is below. TCGplayer sells the English cards only, so every TCGplayer button goes to the English card whichever printing the toggle is showing. Those buttons are affiliate links: Bill’s Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you.
All 30 Pikachu
Every one of the 30, in Pikachu-number order. All thirty now have a card scan, and every illustrator credit below was read off the card face rather than taken from a set list. Thirty cards, thirty different artists.
Attack names and rules text are quoted from the English card face for all 30.
| Pikachu | English | Japanese | HP | Attack | Illustrator | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/30 | #023/128 | #017/103 | 70 | Thunder Shock — 20 | Ken Sugimori | $0.98£0.74 |
| 02/30 | #024/128 | #018/103 | 70 | Volt Tackle — 80 | danciao | $0.67£0.51 |
| 03/30 | #025/128 | #019/103 | 70 | Spark — 20 | satoma | $0.59£0.45 |
| 04/30 | #026/128 | #020/103 | 70 | Peer At — no damage | Takeshi Nakamura | $0.81£0.61 |
| 05/30 | #027/128 | #021/103 | 80 | Nap — no damage | Asako Ito | $1.12£0.85 |
| 06/30 | #028/128 | #022/103 | 60 | Pika Ball — 20 | sowsow | $0.95£0.72 |
| 07/30 | #029/128 | #023/103 | 60 | Find a Friend — no damage | James Turner | $0.93£0.70 |
| 08/30 | #030/128 | #024/103 | 60 | Mach Bolt — 30 | DOM | $0.79£0.60 |
| 09/30 | #031/128 | #025/103 | 50 | Gnaw — 10 | Atsushi Furusawa | $0.89£0.67 |
| 10/30 | #032/128 | #026/103 | 50 | Scurry About — no damage | Tomokazu Komiya | $1.10£0.84 |
| 11/30 | #033/128 | #027/103 | 60 | Tiny Charge — 10 | Narumi Sato | $0.80£0.61 |
| 12/30 | #034/128 | #028/103 | 70 | Pika Chain — 40× | USGMEN | $1.35£1.02 |
| 13/30 | #035/128 | #029/103 | 60 | Rollout — 30 | Susumu Maeya | $0.95£0.72 |
| 14/30 | #036/128 | #030/103 | 70 | Slight Intrusion — 40 | OKACHEKE | $1.18£0.89 |
| 15/30 | #037/128 | #031/103 | 70 | Pika Punch — 30 | Yuu Nishida | $0.63£0.48 |
| 16/30 | #038/128 | #032/103 | 60 | Targeted Spark — no damage | Tetsu Kayama | $0.95£0.72 |
| 17/30 | #039/128 | #033/103 | 70 | Iron Tail — 20× | Teeziro | $0.85£0.65 |
| 18/30 | #040/128 | #034/103 | 80 | Overwriting Bolt — 10 | Shinji Kanda | $2.36£1.79 |
| 19/30 | #041/128 | #035/103 | 60 | Zap Kick — 40 | Rianti Hidayat | $0.78£0.59 |
| 20/30 | #042/128 | #036/103 | 60 | Pika Bolt — 50 | Akira Komayama | $0.87£0.66 |
| 21/30 | #043/128 | #037/103 | 70 | Tropical Vibes — no damage | OOYAMA | $1.07£0.81 |
| 22/30 | #044/128 | #038/103 | 60 | Agility — 10 | akagi | $0.75£0.57 |
| 23/30 | #045/128 | #039/103 | 60 | Static Shock — 20 | Naoyo Kimura | $0.65£0.49 |
| 24/30 | #046/128 | #040/103 | 60 | Smash Kick — 20 | svlt | $0.82£0.62 |
| 25/30 | #047/128 | #041/103 | 70 | Play Rough — 10+ | Atsuko Nishida | $0.66£0.50 |
| 26/30 | #048/128 | #042/103 | 70 | Store Up — no damage | KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA | $0.82£0.62 |
| 27/30 | #049/128 | #043/103 | 80 | Fighting Lightning — 20+ | Nurikabe | $0.75£0.57 |
| 28/30 | #050/128 | #044/103 | 80 | Satisfied Spark — 100 | Shimaris Yukichi | $0.79£0.60 |
| 29/30 | #051/128 | #045/103 | 70 | Lightning Crash — no damage | nagimiso | $0.76£0.57 |
| 30/30 | #052/128 | #046/103 | 70 | Anger Bolt — 10+ | Kazuki Minami | $0.70£0.53 |
Card by card
Pikachu · 01/30
$0.98£0.74Thunder Shock — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Pikachu · 03/30
$0.59£0.45Spark — 20
This attack also does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Pikachu · 06/30
One of only two of the 30 with an Ability$0.95£0.72Pika Ball — 20
Ability — Lonely Gaze: as long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, attacks used by your opponent’s Active Pokémon do 20 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Pikachu · 07/30
$0.93£0.70Find a Friend — no damage
Search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Pikachu · 10/30
Joint-lowest HP of the 30$1.10£0.84Scurry About — no damage
Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Pikachu · 11/30
One of only two of the 30 with an Ability$0.80£0.61Tiny Charge — 10
Ability — Keep Hidden: as long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks from your opponent’s Pokémon done to this Pokémon.
Pikachu · 12/30
$1.35£1.02Pika Chain — 40×
This attack does 40 damage for each of your Pikachu and Pikachu ex in play.
Pikachu · 15/30
Two attacks$0.63£0.48Pika Punch — 30
Energized Tail: search your deck for an Energy card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Pikachu · 16/30
$0.95£0.72Targeted Spark — no damage
This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Pikachu · 17/30
$0.85£0.65Iron Tail — 20×
Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage for each heads.
Pikachu · 18/30
Changes the Defending Pokémon’s Weakness$2.36£1.79Overwriting Bolt — 10
The Defending Pokémon’s Weakness is now Lightning until the end of your next turn. (Apply Weakness as ×2.)
Pikachu · 20/30
Two attacks$0.87£0.66Pika Bolt — 50
Charge-Up Dash: flip a coin until you get tails, then search your deck for up to that many Basic Lightning Energy and attach them to this Pokémon.
Pikachu · 21/30
$1.07£0.81Tropical Vibes — no damage
This Pokémon is now Asleep. Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand.
Pikachu · 22/30
$0.75£0.57Agility — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent’s next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon.
Pikachu · 24/30
Two attacks$0.82£0.62Smash Kick — 20
Get Some Air: This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions.
Pikachu · 25/30
Art by Pikachu’s original designer$0.66£0.50Play Rough — 10+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.
Pikachu · 26/30
$0.82£0.62Store Up — no damage
Put up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Pikachu · 27/30
$0.75£0.57Fighting Lightning — 20+
If your opponent’s Active Pokémon is a Pokémon ex, this attack does 80 more damage.
Pikachu · 29/30
$0.76£0.57Lightning Crash — no damage
Discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon, and this attack does 90 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Pikachu · 30/30
Last of the 30$0.70£0.53Anger Bolt — 10+
This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon.
How the 30 are numbered
The 30 Pikachu are not a separate subset. They are numbered inside the main run, and each card shows both numbers: Ken Sugimori’s Pikachu is 01/30 and #017/103 in the Japanese printing, and in English the card numbered #028/128 also reads 06/30.
On all 30, the two numbers move together at a fixed distance — the set number is exactly 22 higher than the Pikachu number:
| Pikachu | Number + 22 | Actual set number | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/30 | 1 + 22 | #023 | ✓ |
| 02/30 | 2 + 22 | #024 | ✓ |
| 03/30 | 3 + 22 | #025 | ✓ |
| 04/30 | 4 + 22 | #026 | ✓ |
| 05/30 | 5 + 22 | #027 | ✓ |
| 06/30 | 6 + 22 | #028 | ✓ |
| 07/30 | 7 + 22 | #029 | ✓ |
| 08/30 | 8 + 22 | #030 | ✓ |
| 09/30 | 9 + 22 | #031 | ✓ |
| 10/30 | 10 + 22 | #032 | ✓ |
| 11/30 | 11 + 22 | #033 | ✓ |
| 12/30 | 12 + 22 | #034 | ✓ |
| 13/30 | 13 + 22 | #035 | ✓ |
| 14/30 | 14 + 22 | #036 | ✓ |
| 15/30 | 15 + 22 | #037 | ✓ |
| 16/30 | 16 + 22 | #038 | ✓ |
| 17/30 | 17 + 22 | #039 | ✓ |
| 18/30 | 18 + 22 | #040 | ✓ |
| 19/30 | 19 + 22 | #041 | ✓ |
| 20/30 | 20 + 22 | #042 | ✓ |
| 21/30 | 21 + 22 | #043 | ✓ |
| 22/30 | 22 + 22 | #044 | ✓ |
| 23/30 | 23 + 22 | #045 | ✓ |
| 24/30 | 24 + 22 | #046 | ✓ |
| 25/30 | 25 + 22 | #047 | ✓ |
| 26/30 | 26 + 22 | #048 | ✓ |
| 27/30 | 27 + 22 | #049 | ✓ |
| 28/30 | 28 + 22 | #050 | ✓ |
| 29/30 | 29 + 22 | #051 | ✓ |
| 30/30 | 30 + 22 | #052 | ✓ |
Where the run sits. The complete Pikachu run occupies #023/128 to #052/128 — a contiguous 30-card block. It lands neatly: the next card up, #053/128, is the Pikachu ex day variant, so the block ends exactly where the Pikachu ex pair begins.
This is no longer an inference. TPCi published the English set list on 10 September 2026, and the boundaries were then checked against the card faces: #022/128 is a Common and not a Pikachu, #023/128 reads 01/30 and is illustrated by Ken Sugimori, #052/128 reads 30/30 by Kazuki Minami, and #053/128 is Pikachu ex. Both numbering runs are now settled: the Japanese one from the 9 September set list, the English one from the 10 September set list.
The Japanese printing uses its own numbering. It carries the set code M6a and runs to 103 numbered cards against 128 in English, so the Japanese set number for a given Pikachu will not match its English one — Sugimori’s card is #017/103 in Japanese and #023/128 in English, both confirmed off the card face.
The Japanese run is no longer a projection. The full Japanese set list published on 9 September 2026 places the 30 Pikachu at #017/103 to #046/103, a contiguous block sitting directly below Pikachu ex at #047/103. The offset holds across all thirty: the Japanese set number is exactly 16 higher than the Pikachu number, on every one of them.
The two offsets agree with each other. All 30 Pikachu are numbered six higher in English than in Japanese, with no exceptions — a Japanese block of 30 starting at #017 against an English block of 30 starting at #023.
What the 30 Pikachu are worth
All thirty are the same rarity — a Pikachu Rare, one guaranteed in every pack — so they are not priced by how hard they are to pull, but by which artist drew them, and the spread is narrow. Buying all thirty as singles costs $27.32 (£20.67) at market price, or $13.23 (£10.01) taking the cheapest listing for each — roughly two booster packs’ worth of money for something two sealed boxes cannot guarantee.
The dearest of the run is 18/30 (#040/128, illustrated by Shinji Kanda) at $2.36 (£1.79), and behind it come 12/30 (USGMEN) at $1.35, 14/30 (OKACHEKE) at $1.18 and 05/30 (Asako Ito) at $1.12. At the other end 03/30 by satoma is the cheapest at $0.59, and 29 of the 30 sit under two dollars. Per-card prices are on every checklist tile above, and in the market column of the card table.
The money in this corner of the set is not in the 30 at all. The Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rares at #149/128 and #150/128 — which carry no Pikachu-shaped marker and are not part of the run — sell for $57.04 and $71.94 each, more than the complete set of thirty put together.
Prices are TCGplayer Near Mint Holofoil market prices for 30th Celebration, fetched 4 October 2026 from TCGplayer and converted at 0.7564 USD→GBP. Sterling figures are indicative. Market prices move daily, so treat these as a snapshot of that date rather than a valuation. TCGplayer buttons on this page are affiliate links — Bill’s Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases made through them, at no extra cost to you.
Pulling the full set of 30
Every 30th Celebration booster pack holds 6 cards, all foil, and one of them is always a Pikachu. That makes the Pikachu the most reliable pull in the set and the hardest sub-collection to finish at the same time.
| What you open | Pikachu you get | Covers the 30? |
|---|---|---|
| 1 booster pack | 1 | No — 1 of 30 |
| 1 booster box (20 packs) | 20 | No — 20 at most, fewer with any repeat |
| 2 booster boxes (40 packs) | 40 | Possible, but not guaranteed |
A sealed booster box holds 20 packs, so a single box cannot produce all 30 even with no duplicates at all. The Pokémon Company has not published per-variant odds for the Pikachu pool, so there is no published rate that makes completion certain at any quantity — two boxes is the arithmetic floor, not a guarantee. For most collectors singles will be the cheaper route to the ones that do not turn up — all thirty together cost $27.32 at market price, less than two boxes.
30th Celebration launches worldwide on 16 September 2026 — the first Pokémon TCG set to release simultaneously in every region. Product breakdowns and prices are on the products page, and the buying guide covers what is worth pre-ordering.
Frequently asked questions
How many Pikachu cards are in 30th Celebration?
There are 30 different Pikachu, each illustrated by a different artist, with one guaranteed in every booster pack. They run from #017/103 to #046/103 in the Japanese set, and all 30 have now been shown as card scans.
Are the 30 Pikachu part of the main set or a separate subset?
No — they are numbered inside the main set. Each carries two numbers on its face: its ordinary set number, and its Pikachu number in a Pikachu-shaped marker. The card numbered #028/128, for example, is also 06/30.
What card numbers do the 30 Pikachu use?
In English the 30 Pikachu run from #023/128 to #052/128, a contiguous block ending immediately before Pikachu ex at #053/128. The set number is exactly 22 higher than the Pikachu number on every one of the thirty. In Japanese the same run is #017/103 to #046/103, sixteen higher than the Pikachu number.
Can you complete the 30 Pikachu from one booster box?
No. A box holds 20 packs and each pack guarantees one Pikachu, so a sealed box yields 20 at most — fewer if any repeat. Two boxes is the arithmetic minimum, and with no published per-variant odds, completion is not guaranteed at any quantity.
How much does it cost to collect all 30 Pikachu?
Buying all thirty as singles costs about $27.32 (£20.67) at TCGplayer market prices, or $13.23 (£10.01) at the cheapest listing for each. They are all the same rarity and the median card is $0.82, with 29 of the 30 under $2; the dearest is 18/30 by Shinji Kanda at $2.36. Prices are a snapshot from 4 October 2026.
Who illustrated the 30th Celebration Pikachu cards?
Thirty cards, thirty different artists, every name read off the card face: Ken Sugimori (01/30), danciao (02/30), satoma (03/30), Takeshi Nakamura (04/30), Asako Ito (05/30), sowsow (06/30), James Turner (07/30), DOM (08/30), Atsushi Furusawa (09/30), Tomokazu Komiya (10/30), Narumi Sato (11/30), USGMEN (12/30), Susumu Maeya (13/30), OKACHEKE (14/30), Yuu Nishida (15/30), Tetsu Kayama (16/30), Teeziro (17/30), Shinji Kanda (18/30), Rianti Hidayat (19/30), Akira Komayama (20/30), OOYAMA (21/30), akagi (22/30), Naoyo Kimura (23/30), svlt (24/30), Atsuko Nishida (25/30), KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA (26/30), Nurikabe (27/30), Shimaris Yukichi (28/30), nagimiso (29/30) and Kazuki Minami (30/30).
Is Pikachu ex one of the 30 Pikachu?
No. The Pikachu ex day and night pair at #053/128 and #054/128 are ordinary main-set Double Rares and carry no Pikachu-shaped marker, so they sit outside the 30-card run. They also have Futuristic rare printings exclusive to the Futuristic Box.
