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Pokémon (Pikachu) › Basic : Evolves into Raichu, Alolan Raichu, Raichu-GX, Dark Raichu, or Raichu ex
{L}{C}{C} → Buddy Bolt : 30+
If you played a Supporter card from your hand during this turn, this attack does 30 more damage.
illus. N-DESIGN Inc.
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Pikachu that can generate powerful electricity have cheek sacs that are extra soft and super stretchy.
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Funny that there are these two Pikachu cards in this set, back-to-back. One is a common and the other is a rare holo, but neither has a Raichu it evolves into. Very odd in the TCG!
Jiří z Poděbrad
Also, is that a literal photograph of a human next to Pikachu? That’s something else that’s pretty odd in the TCG!
Ambassador
I think the N-DESIGN (presumably “N” for Niantic) artwork might use actual photos and mix it in with photorealistic renders so that yeah that *could* be a photo of a real person.
Jiří z Poděbrad
It looks pretty realistic. The human next to Eevee #054/078 looks a bit less realistic, though it’s hard to tell…
Ambassador
To follow up on something I said above – I don’t think N-DESIGN is Niantic. It was bugging me as to why Niantic would invent “N-DESIGN, Inc.” as a company name for their cg work and I’d have such a hard time finding it on Google, and then Binged it and found, well, a cg company called N-DESIGN, Inc.
They don’t list the PTCG as one of their “works” on the site so no hard confirmation here, but couple this with the above and the fact N-DESIGN Inc. is credited on a few cards in Brilliant Stars, Lost Origin, and Silver Tempest and/or “SWSH12.5”, and the idea it’s Niantic becomes a bit less likely.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/n-design-inc-/about/
http://www.ndesign.co.jp/works/
Jiří z Poděbrad
“Buddy Bolt” is a similar move to “Brave Buddies“, which appeared on Eevee V and CEC Silvally-GX.