


Unlike its descending brethren, this dive-bombing Pikachu has chosen to shoot up rather than down, presumably to return to the right-hand side of the canonical Pokémon god, Arceus.Ī much more compact and aggressive cylindrical version of the character, this Pikachu looks like it could be from a film by CGI-animation studio Illumination - that’s the one that made Despicable Me. Dive-bombing Pikachu, but reverse (top right) This dive-bombing Pikachu has more shading and eyes that look like the ones you might find in a haunted doll, so I like it more than the previous.Ģ3. A slightly more interesting dive-bombing Pikachu (top left)

Choosing between all of them is a little tricky, as they are rather similar, but I like this lighter toned one the least because its colours look faded. Least interesting dive-bombing Pikachu (top right)Īs the V-Union card’s background is incredibly ambiguous - this could likely be taking place in Heaven itself - it looks like there are a lot of dive-bombing Pikachus flying around on this in this one piece of artwork. The great mighty Pikachu V-Union card in all its glory. In honour of the sweet little yellow friend we’ve decided to rank every single Pikachu featured on the V-union card. When all four cards are played together, the player can put the enormous completed Pikachu V-union card into play, displaying all the different Pikachus featured in the artwork in all their glory.įollowing the general theme of the Pokémon: TCG Celebration, there are 25 Pikachus found on the V-union card each based on a different iteration of the adorable electric mouse, including ones from the character’s original designer, Atsuko Nishida, and the creator of the beloved chubby Pikachu - Mitsuhiro Arita. The new Pokémon: TCG Celebrations set, which commemorates 25 years since the release of the trading card game, was released last month and besides the 25 new Pokémon cards featured in the set, several cards are centred around the game’s unofficial mascot, Pikachu.Īlongside the Pikachu V and V-Max cards, the Celebrations set includes a Pikachu V-union card which is made up of four separate Pokémon cards that must be played together in order to be used.
