TopVault | Pikachu #58 (Best Song Promo)

View and learn more about Pokémon Cards and Pikachu on TopVault. Base Set Pikachu with "yellow cheeks" from the shadowless edition, printed with Japanese card stock, with a glossy back and lighter yellow ink. Hard to distinguish from to the Wizard of the Coast prints unless viewed up close. This variant is often incorrectly unmarked by authenticators.

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Details

Generation: Base

Series: Base - Base Set

Series number: #58

Region: english

Edition: Shadowless

Variant: Best Song Promo

Series

Base Set

The first Pokemon Trading Card Game set released in English by Wizards of the Coast.

Edition

Shadowless

Coinciding with the 1st Edition print run, shadowless cards were a limited print without the 1st Edition stamp. Several updates were then made to the card style, notably adding a shadow, giving this limited print the "shadowless" name.

Variant

Best Song Promo

Base Set Pikachu with "yellow cheeks" from the shadowless edition, printed with Japanese card stock, with a glossy back and lighter yellow ink. Hard to distinguish from to the Wizard of the Coast prints unless viewed up close. This variant is often incorrectly unmarked by authenticators.

Links and references

Bulbapedia (Best Song)
Bulbapedia: Base Set

Related variants

Nearby reference entries and related variants for this item.

Pikachu #58 (E3-stamp)

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Pikachu with E3 stamp. The "Yellow Cheeks" E3 stamp was distributed via Nintendo Power as is much more common compared to the "Red Cheeks" variant.
Pikachu #58 (Red Cheeks (Shadowless))

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Pikachu with red cheeks
Pikachu #58 (Red Cheeks (1st Edition))

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Pikachu with "Red Cheeks". The "Red Cheeks" variant of Pikachu was released in the first (1st) and Shadowless versions. This version was an intentional release and intentionally less common than the yellow cheeks normal variation.
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Pikachu #58

Series: Base Set
Pikachu #58

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Pikachu #58 (Ghost Stamp)

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Pikachu #58 (Pokémon Tour 1999)

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Pikachu with Pokémon Tour 1999 stamp. This card was given out in the swag bag as part of the TCG promotional event in Sydney.
Pikachu #58 (Jumbo)

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Jumbo version provided in Top Deck Magazine (February 2000).
Pikachu #58 (E3-stamp (Red Cheeks))

Series: Base Set

Pikachu with E3 stamp with "Red Cheeks". The E3 Pikachu promotional cards were given away at the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) events in Los Angeles in May 1999. It is unclear if the Red Cheeks E3 variant was included as a limited run intentionally, or if the change-over from red to yellow in the normal shadowless set affected the E3 promo prints unintentionally.
Pikachu #58

Series: Base Set | Edition: 1st Edition