Tbh, Pikachu isn’t in my top 20 anymore at this point. And for gen 1 I would pick loads of other Pokémon before Pikachu as well, like Haunter, Alakazam, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Moltres, Kingler, Mew, Marowak. After that probably Pikachu I guess.
I mainly started collecting Pikachu cards back in 2015 because I knew there were loads of them and it would keep me busy for a while (which is an understatement at this point… ), but it was never in my top 10 favorite Pokémon. My top 5 Pokémon would be Seviper, Ditto, Haunter, Mimikyu, Alakazam. Here another relevant thread that was posted at roughly the same time as this one: www.elitefourum.com/t/top-12-right-now/26824/23
So you went against the efour mantra of,
‘collect what you love’! I don’t think I could collect as many of one specific Pokémon if it wasn’t my number 1! So you also collect your other favourites?
Seriously how can y’all pick one favourite is like choosing to collect only one card or play with one member.
α AbraKadabraAlakazam. Yeah fuck this… Has any line ever had more synchronisation in being a perfectly rounded evolution design? It’s like chosing between Cubone and Marowak when they are one and the all. Really, everybody likes everything from Kanto, goes without saying including Rizadon on a good art which is surprisingly not that many.
∞ Smeargle. Highly revered characteristic designs in this era.
∞ Sableye. Maybe Shedinja or Armaldo, then you have to contend with the majestic power trio which everyone has a connection with. The first legendaries to have an actual occurance with the story along with being able to just so happen take half of your team out without thinking.
∞ Arceus? Have a lot of reverence for it now. An experimental (I’ll give it that) but mediocre, muddled generation.
∞ Garbodlure.
∞ Dragalge.
Ω Perrserker.