At the start of the game, players draw their hands and place a basic Pokmon card into their active slot, before placing any additional basic Pokmon cards onto their bench
Cards we have at that cost usually offer some utility other than just damage
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Stocked up with effects and abilities that see cards return to your hand rather than going in your discard pile, Disney Lorcanas latest offering of purple powerhouses offers plenty of ways to keep bringing the best Rise of the Floodborn amethyst cards back to the table turn after turn

Key facts: Artwork by Atsuko Nishida , the original designer of Pikachu Classified as a Trainer card , not a Pokmon card, adding to its oddity Credited with "Illus." in the illustrator field rather than a name, an intentional callback to the contest winners Approximately 41 copies were officially distributed (39 to contest winners, plus 2 additional copies that surfaced in 2019 from Yuichi Konno, one of the original TCG rule designers) As of early 2026, PSA has graded 44 total copies , suggesting a few more have entered circulation The $16.49 million sale In April 2022 , YouTuber Logan Paul acquired the only PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator in existence through a private sale, trading his own PSA 9 copy plus roughly $4 million in cash, for a combined value around $5.275 million