This thread is a gift that keeps on giving, can’t wait for next parts! 
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Quuador what are you doing long term with your non English, non Japanese Pikachus? Since you stopped collecting the “other” languages, are you holding onto them or selling them off? Just curious.
I’ll continue trying to find the missing 12 cards for those released prior to February 27th, 2021. And I definitely don’t plan on selling anything from my Pikachu collection, except for duplicates I have in a box. I’ve collected Pikachu cards for 7.5 years, and although I’ll stop adding new non-English releases from now on, that doesn’t mean I get rid of my existing collection. As I currently stand, I’ll probably sell them when I am retired and of old age, so I could pass on money instead of this collection to my future children/grandchildren. But considering I’m currently single, that’s pretty long term. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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My miscut Celebrations Pikachu V pair has arrived. 
As I mentioned before in the “Recent purchases” thread: these are not just miscut, but also have shifted holofoil and a regular non-miscut back in addition to that. And I also like that they’re a pair like this.
Now I just need to get the regular non-misprinted version of the Surfing Pikachu V. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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Just opened my Celebrations Ultra-Premium Collection box. No new Pikachu cards, but I’m still pretty happy with my pulls. The Pikachu cards in the set can be bought for 1-2 USD each anyway (and 10 for the birthday Pikachu), so I much rather have the Charizard, Umbreon GS, Shining Magikarp, and pulls like that. 
I also pulled three square cut Energy cards in my regular packs. Not worth much of course, but I haven’t pulled that many misprints in my life, so that was pretty cool to see.
Greetz,
Quuador
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The package from my US middleman arrived yesterday, and it contained a lot of amazing stuff for my collections.
First of all a sealed 1st edition Japanese Pokémon Web booster pack containing Moltres. When I bought it I thought this was the final sealed Moltres variation I was missing, but I later found out there are also Swedish and possibly Danish sealed Moltres, so the search continues. Still, I’m very happy to add this Japanese sealed booster pack to the collection, since I’ve been looking for it for quite a while.
I was also able to buy a PSA-10 Korean ©2020 Ancient Mew to complete my sixtet of Ancient Mew PSA-10s.
The Full Art Supporter cards are also cheaper in the US than Europe, so I bought all of the last two sets FA Supporters from US sellers and had them shipped to my US middleman.
Of course there are also a bunch of Pikachu cards. I’m very excited about the miscut Jumbo Pikachu V promo, which is my first miscut Jumbo card (the back isn’t miscut, which is a nice bonus). In addition a miscut Seviper (non-miscut back) and WB Pikachu with a slither of Mewtwo visible at the bottom (with miscut back); a crimped Evolving Skies Pikachu; the 1st edition Red Cheeks ‘Blue Pubeachu’ misprint; a grey Energy symbol Pikachu & Zekrom GX misprint; and a Pikachu signed by Sarah Natochenny, the voice actress of Ash in the English anime from 2006 onward.
Also a rare non-misprinted Pikachu was added to the collection: the Japanese Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi Ivy Pikachu from the 1998 lottery reprint. There is also another Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi Ivy Pikachu with off-set artwork from still unknown origin, which I’m still looking for. That one I consider an unofficial release until we know where it’s from however, so I’m happy to add this 1998 reprint to the collection, and be one step closer of owning all officially released Pikachu cards.
And last: the Special Delivery Bidoof and the October 2016 sleeves of the Japanese Expansion Pack; Pokémon Jungle; Mystery of the Fossils; and Rocket Gang sets. I really liked the Fossil and Jungle arts, but didn’t really want to spend money on a booster pack or poster, so when I saw these four sleeves for a few bucks that was the perfect cheap alternative.
Greetz,
Quuador
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One more I just forgot in my latest post. The last card arrived to complete a small budget collection of mine, which I briefly mentioned earlier when I shared my BREAKthrough Swablu artwork collection.
(One of) the first released card in each of the 14 Pokémon TCG languages:
- Japanese: Glossy Ken Sugimori Ivy Pikachu Unnumbered Promo [October 15th, 1996] (released together with the Jigglypuff inside the CoroCoro Comic November 1996 volume)
- English: Shadowless Base Set Charmeleon [December 1998] (released together with one Machoke; two Charmander; one Doduo; two Machop; two Nidoran♂; one Ponyta; two Yellow Cheeks Pikachu; one Potion; one Switch; three Fighting Energy; three Fire Energy; two Grass Energy; and two Lightning Energy inside the Pokémon Demo Game Pack)
- Spanish: 1st edition Base Set ©1999 Abra [October 1st, 1999]
- French: 1st edition Base Set Abra [November 18th, 1999]
- German: 1st edition Base Set Abra [December 1999]
- Italian: 1st edition Base Set Abra [Start of 2000]
- Dutch: 1st edition Base Set Abra [February 24th, 2000]
- Portuguese: 1st edition Base Set Abra [?? 2000]
- Korean: Pikachu World Collection 2000 Base Set [September 13th, 2000]
- Chinese: Pikachu World Collection 2000 Jungle [September 13th, 2000]
- Polish: Diamond & Pearl non-Holo Azurill [January 12th, 2010]
- Russian: XY non-Holo Weedle [October 6th, 2014]
- Thai: ©2018 Grass Energy [January 19th, 2019]
- Indonesian: Detective Pikachu SM-P Promo [May 8th, 2019]
Some additional information for anyone wondering some things:
- Japanese: the Japanese Expansion Pack was released in October 20th, 1996, which was the first Pokémon TCG set. The Pikachu and Jigglypuff CoroCoro promos were released five days before that, so are the first Pokémon TCG cards released in general.
- English: the Pokémon Demo Game Pack was given to some MTG distributers in December 1998 (and also given at some events later on in 1999). The Trainer Deck A and Trainer Deck B were distributed shortly after. And only then the English 1st edition Base Set set was released on January 9th, 1999. Of course there is also the Protostoise from Summer and Fall 1998, but it was never released nor intended for release, so not part of this collection goal of the first released card per language.
- Korean/Chinese: the 1st edition Base Set released in these languages were released near the end of 2000. I couldn’t found an exact date, but both would be released around November/December 2000, so after the Pikachu World Collection 2000 release at the Summer Olympics in Australia in September 2000.
- Russian: in English the XY Kalos Starter Set was released prior to the XY set (Kalos Starter Set being released on November 8th, 2013 and XY on February 5th, 2014). In Russian however, the XY Kalos Starter Set was released later on together with the Russian Phantom Forces set, so the XY set from October 6th, 2014 is the first Russian set.
- Indonesian: the Indonesian 001/SM-P Detective Pikachu promo was released exactly three months before the first Indonesian set (First Impact)
As for why I picked these cards in particular, out of the available choices? I tried to pick the first non-Holo Common for the most part, hence the many Base Set Abra cards, as well as the Polish Azurill and Russian Weedle. For the English Pokémon Game Card Demo Pack I just picked the very first Base Set card from it, which was the Uncommon Charmeleon. And for Thai, since the First Impact sets and the First Impact Random GX Starter Pack were released simultaneously, I decided to use an Energy (which actually have ©2018 copyright dates), since it was in both the sets and deck.
Greetz,
Quuador
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@quuador, “Of course full art trainers are cheaper abroad, so I obviously had absolutely no choice but to BUY THEM ALL.”
Absolutely love it XD
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Haha. I planned on buying all of them anyway, to keep my FA Supporter collection complete, but they’re just cheaper in the US for whatever reason. 
Greetz,
Quuador
Amazing update My dude! The Ancient Mew pile is utterly delicious and mezmerizing.
But I particularly wanted to congratulate you on the corrected Ivy Pika. It is somewhat unfathomable that you, one of the greatest pikachu collectors in the world, have gone this long without having obtained one. Very pleased to see it find such a deserved home! My favorite corrected error card ever.
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Well, to be fair, I’ve only known about it since September 2020 when KEI shared it here on the forum. Had I known about it since the beginning, I probably would have found it by now after 7.5 years (and probably a lot cheaper I might add, haha 
). Then again, maybe not.
And it’s actually pretty cool that even after 25 years, new cards from as far back as 1998 are still being discovered. These past two years I’ve seen a lot of new cards that people didn’t knew (for sure) existed a few years back. Not just both versions of the Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi Ivy Pikachu, but also things like the DPt-P Darkrai and Cresselia, which were only rumors prior to the auction last year; or the BW-P Pokémon Catcher, Emolga, and Energy promos; or how to distinguish the CoroCoro 1997 Illustration Contest cards; etc. etc.
And also all the new discoveries from existing cards, like the Protostoise; the ‘miscut’ Team Rocket Test Print cards from the Super Trainer Showdown; I’ve been able to finish my Teach Sets article; etc.
So many new things learned in between the frustration of the current market prices these past few years, and so much more to learn in the future.
Greetz,
Quuador
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Next is the Russian ‘Pikachu around the World’ part. I will add the same quote again, which I’ll do for all parts:
The first eleven parts were Chinese (click here to go to that part); Dutch (click here to go to that part); English (click here to go to that part); French (click here to go to that part); German (click here to go to that part); Indonesian (click here to go to that part); Italian (click here to go to that part); Japanese (click here to go to that part); Korean (click here to go to that part); Polish (click here to go to that part); and Portuguese (click here to go to that part).
The Russian portion of my Pikachu collection is 100% complete, and it was actually the second language I completed after Dutch. Although it wasn’t too hard, since the Russian language was active when I started collecting Pikachu cards in mid-2015, and there are only 11 Russian Pikachu TCG cards in total.
Russian:
Let me start with a picture of all Russian Pikachu cards in my collection:
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find all Russian release dates, but I have found most of them. If I find out the missing release dates later on, or if anyone reading this knows, I’ll edit them in. EDIT: Found all of the release dates with the great help of @bouncepaw.
The first Russian TCG set was XY released on October 6th, 2014, which included both a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu. This Pikachu was also released as Cosmos Holofoil inside the XY Four Pack Blisters, with the other three available blister cards being the XY01 Chespin, XY02 Fennekin, and XY03 Froakie promos. (The XY set also contains a Russian exclusive artwork with the Ivy Snow pattern Vivillon.)
On that same October 6th, 2014, they also released the XY Legend of Kalos Tins with XY07 Xerneas EX and XY08 Yveltal EX promos, as well as the Resilient Life and Destruction Rush XY Theme Decks, also focusing Xerneas and Yveltal.
The month after on November 20th, 2014, the XY Kalos Power Tins with XY18 Chesnaught, XY19 Delphox, and XY20 Greninja promos were released.
Then on February 5th, 2016 the Russian Flashfire set was released. This set didn’t contained any Pikachu cards. On this same day they released the Mega Gengar & Mega Lucario mini binder, including a 3-card promo pack (not entirely sure what was in it, but it was probably kinda like a Flashfire Sample pack). They also made a two card blister pack for Flashfire, but the Russian blisters from now on didn’t contained any promos like the XY Four Pack Blisters mentioned earlier.
Then on March 12th, 2015 we had the Russian Furious Fists set (with additional Two Pack Blisters). This set did contain both a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu.
Next on April 28th, 2015 we had the EX Power Trio Tins, with XY28 Venusaur EX, XY28 Charizard EX (all the Charizard were misprinted with XY28, and there aren’t any corrected XY29 versions printed), and XY30 Blastoise EX.
Next on June 2nd, 2015 we have the Phantom Forces set (with additional Two Pack Blisters). The XY Kalos Starter Set was also released on this same day. In English and other languages, the XY Kalos Starter Set was the very first XY release, even before the XY (base) set, but in Russian it was released simultaneously with Phantom Forces instead. Both of these sets lacked Pikachu cards. (The Poké Ball, Tierno, and Potion from the XY Kalos Starter Set sometimes came with an error where they were missing their set number. These cards do have corrected versions available, unlike the earlier mentioned XY28 Charizard EX promo.)
Followed on August 14th, 2015 by the Primal Clash set (including Two Pack Blisters), with the Earth’s and Ocean’s Core Theme Decks, focusing Groudon and Kyogre respectively. This set didn’t contained any Pikachu cards either.
Then on November 20th, 2015 we had the Russian Roaring Skies set (with again Two Pack Blisters). This set did contain both a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu. This Pikachu artwork was later also reprinted in the McDonald’s Collection 2016 mini set of twelve cards, which ran from December 2nd to 31st, 2016 and were the final Russian TCG cards released.
On November 20th, 2015 they also released the Legends of Hoenn Tins, with the XY41 Kyogre EX and XY42 Groudon EX promos.
Then on December 11th, 2015 we had the EX Hoenn Power Tins with XY53 Sceptile EX, XY54 Blaziken EX, and XY55 Swampert EX promos.
Next we have the Ancient Origins set on February 19th, 2016, including Two Pack Blisters and the Iron Tide and Stone Heart Theme Decks, focusing Metagross and Regirock respectively. This set didn’t contained any Pikachu cards.
After that came the final Russian TCG set on November 23nd, 2016: BREAKthrough, which did contain both a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu.
On that same day, November 23nd, 2016, we also had three trios of tins:
- The Power Beyond Tins, with XY71 Hoopa EX, XY72 Latios EX, and XY73 Rayquaza EX promos
- The Shiny Kalos Tins, with XY149 Xerneas EX, XY150 Yveltal EX, and XY151 Zyarde EX promos
- The Battle Heart Tins, with XY173 Volcanion EX, XY174 Pikachu EX, and XY175 Magearna EX promos
As mentioned earlier, the final Russian TCG release was the McDonald’s Collection 2016, available between December 2nd and 31st, 2016.
The BREAKpoint and Steam Siege sets were never printed in Russian, even though these sets have been translated for the online Pokémon TCG game.
If anyone wants to see all Russian Pokémon TCG cards at once, here is a collection video of someone who has all of them.
Greetz,
Quuador
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Those set numbers in russian look like some bad fakes lol. Anyways, good to see another language completely complete!! 
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Another Quuador post, another day made great
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Ikr. No idea why they are so big compared to every other language, but it was indeed the first thing I noticed as well when I received them back in 2016. But all of the Russian cards have such a huge set number for some reason. Must be due to the Russian font they’ve used, which has larger numbers, I guess.
Greetz,
Quuador
Nice update! I always enjoy seeing your dedication to this collection and the stories behind the cards.
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I’m glad that’s over with. More expensive than I thought it would be halve a year ago, but if I see the prices some of these sold for already, 1k GBP + 80 euros import fees isn’t too bad I guess.
With this I’m only missing one more English Pikachu TCG card, although I doubt I’ll be able to add the Kabuki Art Academy Pikachu card of Ashley anytime soon.
Greetz,
Quuador
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Next is the Spanish ‘Pikachu around the World’ part. I will add the same quote again, which I’ll do for all parts:
The first twelve parts were Chinese (click here to go to that part); Dutch (click here to go to that part); English (click here to go to that part); French (click here to go to that part); German (click here to go to that part); Indonesian (click here to go to that part); Italian (click here to go to that part); Japanese (click here to go to that part); Korean (click here to go to that part); Polish (click here to go to that part); Portuguese (click here to go to that part); and Russian (click here to go to that part).
The Spanish portion of my Pikachu collection is one of the four incomplete languages, since I’m missing the #25 Flying Pikachu (Pikachu Volador) and #28 Surfing Pikachu (Pikachu Surfista) WotC promos. I do have all other Spanish Pikachu cards (released prior to February 27th, 2021), so I’m at 100 out of 102 Spanish Pikachu cards for my collection (98% completion, the lowest percentage of the 14 languages).
Spanish:
Let me start with a picture of all Spanish Pikachu cards in my collection (minus the SWSH020 Pikachu promo, which I’ve very recently bought and didn’t knew existed in Spanish prior):
Just like Portuguese releases, the Spanish releases are:
- Rather random in terms of which sets are released, and some sets also lack Reverse Holos;
- Very hard to find information on, so a lot of the release dates and information in this part are missing again (not as much as in the Portuguese part fortunately);
- Released in both Europe (Spain) and Latin America (Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Peru), of which some cards were exclusively released in one or multiple of these countries.
Just like the other European languages, it starts with the Base Set in both 1st and unlimited edition. With the Spanish Base Set however, there are both ©1999 and ©1999-2000 cards available for both editions, pretty similar as the English unlimited edition. This only applies to the non-Holo cards however, as all Spanish Base Set Holofoil Rares are ©1999 only. The Spanish ©1999 Base Set was released on October 1st, 1999, distributed in Spain. What the release date of the ©1999-2000 Spanish Base Set is I don’t know, but those were distributed in Latin America (I’m also not sure if it was released in all four mentioned countries, or only a couple of them).
Next we have the Spanish Jungle set released somewhere in 2000, with both 1st and unlimited edition Pikachu cards.
Then the Spanish Fossil set also released somewhere in 2000. This set lacked any Pikachu cards.
On April 14th, 2000, the Pokémon: The Movie - Mew vs Mewtwo was shown in cinemas, and people who bought tickets would get one of four WB promos, of which the #4 WotC promo Pikachu was one of them.
The #26 WotC promo Pikachu was also released in Spanish somewhere in 2000. I have no idea how or where it was released however.
This Pikachu is also available with golden tail stamp, which came in the Pikachu World Collection 2000, released on September 13th, 2000 at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, as mentioned in most of the previous parts.
The final Spanish WotC era set was Neo Genesis, released exclusively in Spain somewhere in 2001. This set is available in both 1st and unlimited edition (although the 1st editions were very short-printed and hard to find), and did contain a Pikachu.
Next we have the EX era, for which there are only two Spanish sets, both lacking any Pikachu cards, and both having multiple codes available at the bottom-left for non-holo Commons and Uncommons, like the other languages:
- EX Ruby & Sapphire, released somewhere in late 2003. This set was over-printed a lot in Spanish, and Spanish sealed booster packs of this set can still be very easily and pretty cheap even today.
- EX Unseen Forces, released somewhere in late 2005.
As mentioned in the Portuguese ‘Pikachu around the World’ part, there are also four Portuguese/Spanish exclusive Half Decks. The first two Spanish Half Decks were released in just Spain in November 2005: Mudkip Picture Book and Torchic Picture Book. The third Treecko Picture Book and fourth Ralts Picture Book were released in just Spain in April 2006. All cards of these four Half Decks can also be found in the earlier mentioned Spanish EX Ruby & Sapphire set.
Near the end of the ex era in late 2006, the POP Series 3 was also released in Spanish, but again lacked any Pikachu cards.
Next we have the Diamond & Pearl era, starting with the Spanish set by the same name. This Spanish set was released on May 1st, 2007, and lacked both Reverse Holo and Pikachu cards.
After that came the Spanish Mysterious Treasures set, released on August 1st, 2007. This set lacked any Reverse Holos again, but did include a non-Holo Pikachu.
This same Pikachu was also released as Reverse Holo with Diamond & Perla stamp in the bottom-right of its artwork as part of the Burger King 2008 Collection mini set, released somewhere in mid to late 2008. I’m pretty sure these were released in both Spain and Argentina, but it’s possible they were also released in Mexico, Chile, and/or Peru.
Next we have three Spanish sets, lacking both Reverse Holos and Pikachu cards:
- Secret Wonders, released on November 1st, 2007;
- Great Encounters, released on February 1st, 2008;
- Legends Awakened, released on August 1st, 2008.
Followed by the Spanish Stormfront set on November 1st, 2008. This set did contain a non-Holo Pikachu.
Next we have the Platinum era, for which only a single Spanish set was released: Platinum itself. This Spanish set lacked both Reverse Holos and Pikachu cards.
Also released during the Platinum era, in mid to late 2009, was the Spanish Burger King 2009 Collection. This mini set was exclusively released in Argentina, and included a Reverse Holo Majestic Dawn Pikachu with Platinum stamp in the bottom-right of the artwork (even though the Majestic Dawn set wasn’t released in Spanish).
Next we have the HeartGold & SoulSilver era, starting with the Spanish set by the same name, released on February 10th, 2010 on the same day as the English HeartGold & SoulSilver set. This set was released in all five earlier mentioned countries. This set in Spain lacked any Reverse Holos, but this same set in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Peru did contain Reverse Holos. This set did include a Pikachu, for which the Reverse Holo is therefore a Latin American exclusive release.
Also released around this time was the Pikachu World Collection 2010, released in Japan on July 8th, 2010 and in English in November 2010. This mini set of nine Pikachu cards in nine different languages also included a Spanish exclusive artwork for Pikachu.
Also released in the HGSS era was the Spanish Unleashed set on February 7th, 2011. Just like the Spanish HeartGold & SoulSilver set this set lacked any Reverse Holos in the booster packs/boxes from Spain, but did contain Reverse Holos in the booster packs/boxes from the Latin American countries. This set didn’t contained any Pikachu cards.
Next we have the Black & White era, once again starting with a Spanish set by the same name on May 25th, 2011. From hereon onward, all Spanish sets contained Reverse Holos again, which still holds true today in the Sword & Shield era. This set included a Secret Rare Pikachu card.
Then we have two Spanish sets lacking Pikachu cards:
- Emerging Powers, released on September 28th, 2011;
- Noble Victories, released on February 8th, 2012.
The Spanish Next Destinies set from May 9th, 2012 did contain Pikachu cards however.
The Spanish Dragon’s Exalted set from October 1st, 2012 was again with Pikachu cards.
But the Spanish Boundaries Crossed set from February 1st, 2013 did contain Pikachu cards.
After that we had two Spanish BW era sets without any Pikachu cards again:
- Plasma Storm, released on May 1st, 2013;
- Plasma Freeze, released on September 19th, 2013.
Next we have the XY era, starting with the Spanish Kalos Starter Set, released somewhere late 2013 or early 2014. This mini set lacked any Pikachu cards.
After that we have the Spanish XY set, released on February 5th, 2014 like its English counterpart. This set contained both a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu.
Then we have the Spanish Flashfire set on May 14th, 2014, without any Pikachu cards.
Followed by the Spanish Furious Fists set on September 1st, 2014, which did contain Pikachu cards.
Then two Spanish sets without Pikachu cards again:
- Phantom Forces, released on November 5th, 2014;
- Primal Clash, released on February 4th, 2015.
The Spanish Roaring Skies set of May 6th, 2015 did contain Pikachu cards, though.
This Pikachu artwork was also reprinted in the Spanish McDonald’s Collection 2016, released somewhere in late 2016.
As mentioned in the English ‘Pikachu around the World’ part, between February 18th and March 29th, 2015 there was the Pokémon Art Academy Competition. Entrants could create an artwork within the Pokémon Art Academy game in Free Paint mode and upload it to Miiverse (the social media of Wii U and Nintendo 3DS). There were two categories: Dress-Up Pikachu and Your Favorite Pokémon. Three winners were chosen for each of these two categories, for both the North American and European/Oceanic competitions. In terms of Pikachu cards, this resulted in one Spanish and five English Pikachu cards. Winners were announced on June 8th, 2015. Each winner received 100 copies of the promo card featuring their winning illustration, although some extra copies have been floating around.
One of the winners from the European competition was from Spain, and her card was made into a Spanish Pikachu card. I was able to buy it directly from the winner herself, and she also included a cute and unique hand-drawn artwork of the Pikachu sitting on a star.
Next on September 1st, 2015 we had the Spanish Ancient Origins set, which didn’t contained any Pikachu cards.
The set after that, the Spanish BREAKthrough set from November 5th, 2015, did contain Pikachu cards.
Then again a set without Pikachu cards: the Spanish BREAKpoint set, released on February 3rd, 2016.
Followed by the Spanish Fates Collide and Spanish Generations sets, both released on May 2nd, 2016. The Fates Collide was supposed to be released the month prior, but due to factory delays, both of these sets were released on the same day instead. The Fates Collide set lacked any Pikachu cards, but the Generations set did contain both a non-Holo + Reverse Holo Pikachu as well as a Radiant Collection Full Art Ultra Rare Pikachu.
On September 1st, 2016 the Spanish Steam Siege set was released, which was without Pikachu cards.
Soon after on September 14th, 2016 the Spanish XY124 Full Art Pikachu EX promo was released as both regular- and Jumbo-sized instead the Pikachu-EX Red & Blue Collections. The Jumbo version was exclusive to Spain, since the Latin American releases contained a figure instead.
Two days later on September 16th, 2016 the Battle Heart Tins were released, including the XY174 Pikachu EX promo.
The final set for the XY era was the Spanish Evolutions set, released on November 2nd, 2016. This set contained both a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu with a reprinted artwork from the Base Set, as well as a non-Holo Secret Rare Flying Pikachu and Surfing Pikachu reprints.
The Base Set artwork was also printed as Shattered Glass/Ice Holofoil inside the Pikachu Power Theme Deck, released simultaneously with the set.
Then we’re at the Sun & Moon era, starting with the Spanish set by the same name on February 3rd, 2017. This set was without any Pikachu cards.
Next on April 21st, 2017 we had the Spanish Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu, for which the Alolan Raichu Half Deck contained two Pikachu cards.
This same Pikachu artwork was printed as SM86 Holofoil Promo inside the Spanish Shining Legends Collector Chest on November 17th, 2017.
The next set didn’t contained any Pikachu cards either: the Spanish Guardians Rising set of May 5th, 2017.
The set after that on August 4th, 2017 did contain Pikachu cards however, which was the Spanish Burning Shadows set.
Then in September and October of 2017 there was the Spanish McDonald’s Collection 2017, which came with a Pikachu card.
Then on October 6th, 2017 we had the Spanish Shining Legends Pin Collection - Pikachu, which as its name suggests came with a Pikachu card: the SM76 promo.
On that same day, October 6th, 2017, we also had the Spanish Shining Legends Super-Premium Collection, which came with the SM81 Pikachu promo.
Then the actual Spanish Shining Legends set was released on October 31st, 2017, unlike the English Shining Legends set which was released on October 6th. This set did contain both a Reverse Holo and non-Holo Pikachu card.
This same artwork was also used for three other cards:
- A McDonald’s Confetti Holofoil (with number 6/12) in the Spanish McDonald’s Collection 2019, available around October and November, 2019;
- A Water Web Holofoil in the Spanish Shining Legends Special Collection - Raichu-GX, released on January 5th, 2018;
- A Shattered Ice/Glass Holofoil in the Spanish Let’s Play, Pikachu! theme deck, released on May 3rd, 2019, exclusively in Mexico, Chile, and Peru.
Next on November 3rd, 2017 we have the Spanish Crimson Invasion set, which did include Pikachu cards.
This same artwork was also used for the Spanish McDonald’s Collection 2018, available in October and November, 2018.
Also released on November 3rd, 2017 in Mexico and on November 5th, 2017 in Spain, Argentina, Chile, and Peru was the Spanish non-Holo SM108 Ash’s Pikachu promo, given to people visiting the cinematic release of the I Choose You! Pokémon movie.
Starting November 5th, 2017 in Spanish shops, people could get the SM109 through SM114 Ash’s Pikachu promos by purchasing Pokémon products. Which Spanish shops were participating for this purchase campaign I don’t know.
Then we have a bunch of Spanish sets, all lacking any Pikachu cards:
- Ultra Prism, released on February 2nd, 2018;
- Forbidden Light, released on May 4th, 2018;
- Celestial Storm, released on August 3rd, 2018;
- Dragon Majesty, released on September 7th, 2018;
- Lost Thunder, released on November 2nd, 2018.
Also released on November 2nd, 2018 is the Spanish Pikachu & Eevee Poké Ball Collection, which contained the SM157 Pikachu promo.
Next on February 1st, 2019 we have the Spanish Team Up set, which contained three Pikachu & Zekrom GX cards, an Ultra Rare, Secret Rare, and Hyper Secret Rare.
On March 1st, 2019 another Pikachu & Zekrom GX card was released, this time as SM168 promo inside the Spanish Tag Team Tins.
Then on March 29th, 2019 we had the Spanish Detective Pikachu mini set, which as its name suggest included a Detective Pikachu card.
Also on March 29th, 2019 in Spain and April 6th, 2019 in the Latin American countries we had the Spanish Detective Pikachu Case File, including SM194 Detective Pikachu promo.
Next we had the Spanish Unbroken Bonds set on May 3rd, 2019, which did include Pikachu.
A few days later on May 9th, 2019 (in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Peru) and May 10th, 2019 (in Spain) was the Detective Pikachu cinematic release, where visitors would receive the Spanish SM190 Detective Pikachu promo with their tickets.
Then on August 2nd, 2019 was the released of the Spanish Unified Minds set. This set included two different Pikachu artworks.
Released on that same day, August 2nd, 2019, the SM206 Pikachu promo was available within Spanish Unified Minds Single Pack Blisters, exclusively released in Mexico, Chile, and Peru. This artwork was only released in English, Japanese, Spanish, and Thai.
Then we have the Spanish Hidden Fates set on August 23rd, 2019, which did contain a non-Holo and Reverse Holo Pikachu card.
Followed by the Spanish Cosmic Eclipse set on November 1st, 2019, which contained both a non-Holo + Reverse Holo Pikachu, as well as a Character Secret Rare full art Pikachu.
On that same day, November 1st, 2019, we also had the Spanish Pikachu-GX & Eevee-GX Special Collection, which contained a regular sized SM234 Pikachu promo and full art SM232 Pikachu promo, as well as a Jumbo version of the full art SM232.
And also on that same day, November 1st, 2019, we had the SM227 Pikachu promo inside the Spanish Fall 2019 Collector Chest, exclusively released in just Mexico.
Next we’re at the current Sword & Shield era, starting with the Spanish set by the same name on February 7th, 2020, which included a Pikachu.
Next we have three Spanish sets without Pikachu cards:
- Rebel Clash, released on May 1st, 2020;
- Darkness Ablaze, released on August 14th, 2020;
- Champion’s Path, released on September 25th, 2020.
Also released somewhere in late 2020 was the Spanish Sword & Shield Figure Collection, which came with the SWSH020 full art promo Pikachu. This box was released on May 1st, 2020, but the Spanish box was so much delayed in its release that I didn’t even knew it existed until a couple of weeks ago. So I have no idea when it was actually released, but I estimate somewhere between August and December, 2020.
Next on November 13th, 2020 we have the Spanish Vivid Voltage set, which contained four full art Pikachu cards: an Ultra Rare Pikachu V; an Ultra Rare Pikachu Vmax; a Secret Rare Pikachu V; and a Hyper Secret Rare Pikachu Vmax.
And the final Spanish set released before February 27th, 2021 (25th Pokémon Day) after which I stopped collecting all languages for Pikachu is the Spanish Shining Fates set, released on February 19th, 2021. This set didn’t contained any Pikachu cards.
And there you have it! All Spanish Pikachu cards, of which I’m missing just two to complete this language: the Surfing and Flying Pikachu WotC promos.
Now there is just one more language for the ‘Pikachu around the World’ series (Thai), before we’re going to do the special parts after that.
Greetz,
Quuador
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@quuador, it must take you hours to make these monster posts cataloguing your journey. Always a pleasure to read
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Yeah, most of these parts indeed take a while to make. Especially the English and Japanese parts.
But it’s cool to see all parts together as an overview of each language and their Pikachu releases. Just the Thai part left to go for the languages now (which I was just started working on as we speak), and after that we have a bunch of special parts, like unofficial releases, misprints, autographed cards, extended/altered cards, etc. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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