Being a Pokémon VMAX means Surfing Pikachu VMAX gives up three Prizes when KO’d, has to deal with anti-VMAX effects, but gains access to VMAX support, will have a massive HP score (300+), and might have better effects than you’d expect. Surfing Pikachu VMAX is a Rule Box Pokémon, but either unaffected or unlikely to make use of the few cards that specifically reference Rule Box Pokémon in their effects. What I can tell you is that some form of “Surfing Pikachu” can be found in a decent amount of core and side games, other Pokémon media sources, and has existed in the TCG in the form of Surfing Pikachu (WotC Black Star Promos 28 PL – Rising Rivals 114/111 XY – Evolutions 111/108) and the Japanese promo Playing In The Sea Pikachu (392/SM-P). Either project has significant lead time, but a single episode or a small section of the game could be a later addition to the overall project. Even I am unsure of its exact origins, as there’s an episode of the anime (“The Pi-Kahuna) with it that I saw before finding out it was in Pokémon Yellow… but checking Japanese air dates, the game released before the episode by about a month. Surfing Pikachu VMAX (Celebrations 009/025) may seem odd to players unfamiliar with the classic era of either the video games or the Trading Card Game. Celebrations is a “bonus” set, meaning it lacks the “SW” prefix that the quarterly set releases enjoy, so we’ll have another countdown in a few weeks, as SW – Fusion Strike is just over a month away from releasing! I expect the next set to dramatically affect the metagame… but Celebrations seems to be a Collector/casual purchaser-oriented set. If you skipped Sunday’s review, this week we’re counting down the best cards from Celebrations! Well, the best new cards, the ones that will be legal for use in Standard and Expanded the vintage reprints that span the entire life of the game will provide us with some nice Throwback Thursdays, but won’t be showing up on this list.
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