{"id":370519,"date":"2024-11-29T15:37:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=370519"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:37:14","slug":"pokemon-tcg-pretend-boss-pikachu-sm-p-promotional-cards-196-sm-p-release-date-price-where-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/11\/29\/pokemon-tcg-pretend-boss-pikachu-sm-p-promotional-cards-196-sm-p-release-date-price-where-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Pretend Boss Pikachu (SM-P Promotional Cards 196\/SM-P) [Release Date\/Price\/Where To Buy]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/29094436\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-1-2-2.webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pretend Boss Pikachu\" class=\"wp-image-370581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/29094436\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-1-2-2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/29094436\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-1-2-2-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/29094436\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-1-2-2-768x524.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/29094436\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-1-2-2-282x192.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In conjunction with the then-recent launch of seventh-generation Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\u2014the sequels to Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon\u2014and the Episode RR arc which was exclusive to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the Team Rainbow Rocket&#8217;s Ambition campaign was held in Japan in January 2018. The campaign saw the launch of seven promotional Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards; each of those seven cards featured Pikachu dressed as one of the villainous team leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Pretend Boss Pikachu (SM-P Promotional Cards 196\/SM-P)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the Pretend Boss Pikachu cards which was released depicted Pikachu dressed as Lysandre, the leader of Team Flare. Like all of the other Pretend Boss Pikachu cards, this card dropped on 20 January 2018 and remained available for as long as stocks lasted. At any time during the campaign, any customer at any participating Pok\u00e9mon Center (including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemoncenter-online.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">online store<\/a>) or Pok\u00e9mon Store in Japan who purchased five Pok\u00e9mon TCG booster packs in one transaction would have one of seven Pretend Boss Pikachu cards\u2014one of which was this card\u2014chosen at random thrown in for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is the case with the other Pretend Boss Pikachu card, this card&#8217;s high value is primarily the cause of its limited availability by way of specific means. Additionally, any promotional card which features Pikachu\u2014primarily if the card includes a gimmick such as this one\u2014is sure to rapidly amass demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This card is the second-most valuable of all the cards from the Team Rainbow Rocket&#8217;s Ambition campaign. This is likely due to Team Flare leader Lysandre&#8217;s iconic status within the Pok\u00e9mon TCG; Supporter card Lysandre&#8217;s Trump Card from sixth-generation set Phantom Gate [XY4] was so game-breakingly powerful that it was banned from tournaments within less than a year of its release. Finally, the question mark after Pretend Boss Pikachu&#8217;s attack name of A Beautiful World? alludes to Team Flare&#8217;s desire to reshape the world in their image while also implying that it isn&#8217;t actually Lysandre on the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Release Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This card was never launched in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sale price of a Pretend Boss Pikachu (SM-P Promotional Cards 196\/SM-P) card is 60,000 JPY (~US$400).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other TCG-related news, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/07\/24\/pokemon-tcg-international-expansion-set-release-surging-sparks-release-date-8-november-2024\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knock Out Collection \u201cAlakazam\u201d \/ \u201cChien-Pao\u201d<\/a>. Alternatively, you can also head over to the SNKRDUNK App via the banner below and find the top trending and latest single cards and boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunkappen.page.link\/G4g7_PokemonTCG?slide=modal?slide=modal?slide=modal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/15110337\/TCG.webp\" alt=\"TCG on the SNKRDUNK App\" class=\"wp-image-151767\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conjunction with the then-recent launch of seventh-generation Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\u2014the sequels to Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon\u2014and the Episode RR arc which was exclusive to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the Team Rainbow Rocket&#8217;s Ambition campaign was held in Japan in January 2018. The campaign saw the launch of seven promotional Pok\u00e9mon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":370581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,18,19,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-latest-news","category-releases","category-tcg"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370519"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371091,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370519\/revisions\/371091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}