Surfing Pikachu
How it was given out: Pokémon League.
English promo, released Aug 2001.
One of 278 promos from 1999 to 2003 listed on this site.
Illustrator: Toshinao Aoki
This card was as a Wizards Black Star Promo released through the Pokémon League in August 2001. In Japan, it was first available as an Unnumbered Promotional card on a two-card insert alongside Imakuni? 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.
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