Pikachu V-UNION is the last numbered card in S8a, the 25th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION expansion pack that released in Japan on Friday, October 22, 2021, at ¥297 (tax incl.) per pack. The official card database prints its number as 025/028(左上) — “top-left” — and that single entry is what this guide covers.
V-UNION is a four-piece card mechanic: a full Pokémon V-UNION is assembled from a top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right card combined in play. The official database contains exactly one S8a page for this mechanic, the top-left piece. It does not contain separate 026/028, 027/028 or 028/028 pages, and this guide does not describe what the other three pieces show, since that isn’t stated in the database.
Pikachu V-UNION’s database entry, 025/028(左上), is a Lightning-type V-UNION card with 300 HP, credited to a 25-name illustrator group. Numbers 026/028–028/028 are not separate database entries. Our S8A 25th Anniversary Collection Booster Box is currently listed at ¥67,200 (~$436) (September 17, 2026).
What Is Pikachu V-UNION (S8a 025/028)?
The database credits this entry to an unusually large illustrator group: 5ban Graphics, Taira Akitsu, Hitoshi Ariga, Mitsuhiro Arita, AKIRA EGAWA, OOYAMA, kawayoo, Naoyo Kimura, kirisAki, Tomokazu Komiya, Kouki Saitou, Naoki Saito, Sanosuke Sakuma, Jiro Sasumo, Narumi Sato, Shibuzoh., sui, sowsow, Miki Tanaka, Saya Tsuruta, Atsuko Nishida, Yuu Nishida, Kagemaru Himeno, Masakazu Fukuda and Ryota Murayama — 25 names on a single card, several of whom also illustrate individual S8a cards elsewhere in this set. The official 25th anniversary site puts the same figure in words: the card is 「25名のイラストレーターによって描かれた」, drawn by 25 illustrators. Its detail page shows only S8a’s own expansion logo mark; no G, H or I regulation-mark letter is printed on it.
The card’s stage is listed as “V-UNION” — a Pokémon V-UNION, distinct from the Basic Pokémon V and VMAX mechanics used elsewhere in S8a’s Pikachu line. It is a Lightning-type card with 300 HP, per the database, with a Fighting Weakness of ×2, no Resistance printed and a Retreat cost of two Colorless Energy.
Card Text: Four Attacks on One Entry
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Card number, as printed | 025/028(左上) |
| JP name | ピカチュウV-UNION |
| Type | Lightning |
| HP | 300 |
| Stage | V-UNION |
| Weakness | Fighting (×2) |
| Resistance | — |
| Retreat | 2 |
This database entry lists four attacks, in order: Union Gain (ユニオンゲイン, one Colorless Energy) — choose up to 2 Energy cards from your discard pile and attach them to this Pokémon; Tingling Shock (ビリビリショック, one Lightning and one Colorless Energy, 120 damage) — flip a coin, and if heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed; Electromagnetic Interference (でんじしょうがい, two Lightning and one Colorless Energy, 150 damage) — during your opponent’s next turn, they can’t play Item cards from their hand; and Everyone’s Electro Ball (みんなでエレキボール, two Lightning and one Colorless Energy, 250 damage), listed with no secondary effect text.
The card’s special rules state that, once during the game, on your turn, you may combine the four different Pikachu V-UNION cards in your discard pile and put the combined Pokémon onto your Bench, and that when your Pokémon V-UNION is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. A further rule line spells out the assembly mechanic itself: a Pokémon V-UNION card is used by combining its “top-left,” “top-right,” “bottom-left” and “bottom-right” pieces.
Two of those four attacks share the same printed cost — two Lightning and one Colorless — and differ only in what they do: 150 damage with Item lock for one turn, or 250 damage with nothing attached. Union Gain is the outlier, costing a single Colorless Energy and dealing no damage at all.
Where 025/028 Sits, and Why 026–028 Are Missing
Start from the numbering gap, because it is what makes this entry unusual. The top-left piece is the last of the 25 numbered S8a pages in the official card database, sitting immediately after Flying Pikachu VMAX (024/028), and nothing follows it in the numbered run — the eight Basic Energy pages that come next in the database carry no printed number at all. The set’s own official figure, 全28種類, is the denominator printed on every card number, including this one.
Given the special-rule text above, the obvious assumption is that S8a numbers 026/028, 027/028 and 028/028 are the top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right pieces of this same Pikachu V-UNION. The official card database does not state that. It contains exactly 25 numbered S8a pages, 001/028 through 025/028, and this one page is the only V-UNION entry among them. Whatever the other three pieces show, in card text or artwork, is not documented there, and this guide does not describe them.
That makes Pikachu V-UNION’s database footprint unusual within S8a: every other numbered card in the set has its own single, complete entry, while this one represents only one quarter of an in-game combined Pokémon, with the remaining three quarters absent from the official record.
Pikachu V-UNION Among S8a’s Other Pikachu Cards
S8a carries five other Pikachu-family V and VMAX cards — Pikachu V at 020/028, plus Surfing and Flying Pikachu V/VMAX at 021–024/028 — none of which use the V-UNION mechanic. Our Pikachu V (S8a 020/028) guide covers that card in full, and the aky CG Works pair has its own write-up in our Surfing & Flying Pikachu V (S8a) Card Guide. Beyond the 25th line, 30th CELEBRATION (M6a), released on September 16, 2026, does not include a Pikachu V-UNION card.
Against those five, the V-UNION entry is the one that has to be assembled from the discard pile rather than played from hand or evolved from a Pokémon V, and its knock-out gives up three Prize cards, as the two VMAX cards’ do. Its 300 HP sits above Pikachu V’s 190 and Surfing Pikachu V’s 200, and just below the 310 printed on both Surfing Pikachu VMAX and Flying Pikachu VMAX.
Where to Buy
Pikachu V-UNION 025/028 is not listed on our site as a single at the moment; sourcing requests go through Ordine rapido. Our S8A 25th Anniversary Collection Booster Box is currently listed at ¥67,200 (~$436) (September 17, 2026), and our 25th Anniversary Collection Special Set at ¥33,600 (~$218) (September 17, 2026).
Because the four V-UNION pieces were pack cards, sealed S8a is the route that puts all of them in play: start from the sealed booster box collection, with graded S8a Pikachu prints in the PSA 10 collection and everything else in the Japanese Pokémon card collection. Anyone weighing a box against loose packs should read our 25th Anniversary Collection (S8a) Booster Box Guide first.
USD figures convert at ¥154/USD (approximate).
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What is Pikachu V-UNION S8a 025/028?
It’s the official card database’s one S8a entry for this V-UNION card, printed 025/028(左上) — the top-left piece — a Lightning-type V-UNION card with 300 HP.
Are S8a 026/028, 027/028 and 028/028 also in the database?
No. The database contains exactly 25 numbered S8a pages, 001/028 through 025/028. It does not have separate entries for the other three V-UNION pieces, and this guide does not describe what they show.
Who illustrated Pikachu V-UNION 025/028?
The database credits a 25-name illustrator group, including 5ban Graphics, Mitsuhiro Arita, AKIRA EGAWA, kirisAki, Atsuko Nishida and Yuu Nishida among others. The official 25th anniversary site says the same thing in words: the card was drawn by 25 illustrators.
What attacks does Pikachu V-UNION’s database entry list?
Four: Union Gain, Tingling Shock, Electromagnetic Interference and Everyone’s Electro Ball, each with its own Energy cost and, for the first three, secondary text.
Is Pikachu V-UNION 025/028 listed on samuraiswordtokyo.com as a single?
Not at the moment. Sourcing requests go through Quick Order.
What S8a sealed product can I order from Samurai Sword Tokyo?
The booster box and the Special Set. The S8A 25th Anniversary Collection Booster Box is currently listed at ¥67,200 (~$436) (September 17, 2026); the Special Set, which holds four of the same expansion packs, is at ¥33,600 (~$218) (September 17, 2026).
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