Surfing Pikachu (Wizards Promo 28)

Surfing Pikachu (Japanese: なみのりピカチュウ Surfing Pikachu) is a Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the .
==Card text==
===Pokédex data (Wizards Promo print)===
===Pokédex data (Rising Rivals print)===
===Pokédex data (Evolutions print)===
==Release information==
This card was as a released through the in August 2001. In Japan, it was first available as an on a two-card insert alongside in the September 1997 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on August 15, 1997. A mail-in prize draw offering another copy of the Japanese print was published in the December 1998 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on November 15, 1998. People wishing to enter the prize draw were required to affix the application ticket on the bottom left of the article page to a postcard and send it to Shogakukan. Two thousand winners were sent a set of five cards mounted on two plain sheets: Surfing Pikachu and on one; , , and on the other. The two Japanese prints are on glossy card stock.
It was reprinted with slightly different artwork in Japan as another Unnumbered Promotional card and was available through the Pokémon Stamp Rally, which ran between August 9 and 17, 1997 on the Yamanote Line. People taking part had two days to collect stamps from each station on the line in special stamp books. 100,000 reserve tickets were available to book between July 27 and August 8, 1997. Participants that managed to collect 10 stamps were given a Pokémon Trainer Certificate. Participants that managed to collect all 30 stamps were given a two-card set that included the variant Surfing Pikachu and . This variant is commonly known as the Mt. Fuji Surfing Pikachu in reference to the background illustration, and is printed on regular card stock.
A French version of the Wizards Black Star Promo print was included in the , available to purchase exclusively at Pokémon Park 2000 held at Sydney University, Sydney, Australia from September 12 to October 4, 2000. This print features a gold foil Pikachu tail stamp opposite the Black Star Promo symbol.
It was later reprinted in the Japanese expansion and again as a in the expansion, originating from the Japanese expansion. It was reprinted again in the expansion featuring the same artwork as the original print and an updated card template reminiscent of the Original Series layout. In Japan, it was available as a in the , released on September 16, 2016.
===Gallery===
==Trivia==
*The two Japanese Unnumbered Promotional prints have clauses under the card name stating "This card cannot evolve into ."
*Although the plural form of any Pokémon's name is the same as the singular form, the Pokédex entry on the Wizards Black Star Promo print states "Pikachus" as opposed to "Pikachu." This is also seen on many cards from the expansion. This error was corrected on subsequent prints.
===Origin===
 is a move in the Pokémon games, though cannot learn it under normal conditions until Generation VIII. Surfing Pikachu have appeared in other Pokémon media since the release of this card.
Category:Wizards Black Star Promotional cards
Category:Rising Rivals cards
Category:Promotional cards
Category:Pokémon Web cards
Category:Bonds to the End of Time cards
Category:Evolutions cards
Category:XY-P Promotional cards
Category:Illus. by Toshinao Aoki
Category:Holographic cards
Category:Secret cards
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