No numbered-expansion or booster printing has been confirmed for Pikachu Libre. It shipped in a single purchase promo, and it has just one confirmed Japanese printing.
That’s unusual in a hobby built around chase pulls and box odds. Pikachu Libre — officially マスクド・ピカチュウ, “Masked Pikachu,” in Japanese — is a purchase-bonus promo numbered XY-P 247, and it’s the card most collectors mean when they search for “Pikachu Libre card.” This guide covers what’s actually printed on it, how it was distributed in 2016, why a single-print purchase promo commands the price it does, and what we currently carry in graded condition. We ship Japanese sealed product and singles out of Tokyo every week, and the pricing below reflects our own current catalog.
Pikachu Libre has one confirmed Japanese printing — XY-P 247, a mirror-holo purchase promo from June 2016. We currently carry a PSA 10 graded copy at ¥345,050 (~$2,116) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), with one copy currently listed.
Prices are current listings in our own catalog as of August 2026, converted at ¥163/USD.
What Is Pikachu Libre?
Pikachu Libre is a costumed version of Pikachu — dressed as a masked lucha-style wrestler, distinct from the standard Pikachu artwork used across the rest of the TCG. In Japanese sources it’s classified as a form of “Cosplay Pikachu” (おきがえピカチュウ), a costume-variant concept that first appeared with the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire era. The name itself — “Libre,” short for lucha libre — points directly at the wrestling-mask design rather than any in-game battle mechanic, which is why the card art reads as an outfit rather than a form change.
Outside the card game, Pikachu Libre has its own standalone identity. In the fighting game Pokken Tournament, it’s a separate playable character from the regular Pikachu roster entry, not a palette swap — its own moveset, its own character select slot, distinct from the base Pikachu fighter in the same game. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it shows up instead as a color variation of Pikachu rather than a distinct fighter, so the same design gets treated two different ways depending on which game you’re in.
That split — its own character slot in one game, a costume option in another — is part of what makes the card a recognizable name well beyond the TCG, and it’s a large part of why “Pikachu Libre” gets searched for as a specific, identifiable card rather than a generic Pikachu variant. Collectors chasing it usually already know the design from Pokken Tournament before they ever go looking for the card itself.
The Card: XY-P 247 Details
Pikachu Libre is a Lightning-type Basic Pokemon with 80 HP, printed in a mirror-holo finish. The card carries two attacks: Quick Attack, which does 10 damage and adds 30 more if a coin flip lands heads, and Flying Elekick, a straightforward 50-damage attack with no added condition. It’s weak to Fighting-type attacks (x2) and resists Steel-type damage (−20), with a retreat cost of 1 Energy.
The coin-flip bonus on Quick Attack is the only variable element on the card — Flying Elekick’s 50 damage and the rest of the stat line are fixed numbers, which keeps the card simple to read even for collectors who aren’t focused on the gameplay side.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Card number | 247/XY-P |
| Type | Lightning |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 80 |
| Attacks | Quick Attack (10+), Flying Elekick (50) |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 |
| Resistance | Steel −20 |
| Retreat cost | 1 |
| Illustrator | Yoshinobu Saito |
| Finish | Mirror holo |
There’s only one confirmed Japanese printing of this card. If you’re comparing a listing against a reference image, XY-P 247’s mirror-holo surface and the “247/XY-P” corner stamp are what to check — there’s no alternate Japanese rarity or reprint to mix it up with.
How It Was Released: The 2016 Special Pack
Pikachu Libre was distributed as a purchase promo bundled inside the Masked Pikachu Special Pack, released June 17, 2016. It wasn’t part of a numbered main-series expansion and wasn’t a booster-pull card — it came packaged as the bonus item with that specific product, which is why it carries an “XY-P” (promo) designation rather than a standard set number.
That distribution method matters for how the card is described today. A booster-pull chase card enters circulation in proportion to how many boxes get opened, and that number can run into the tens of thousands over a set’s lifetime. A purchase promo tied to one specific themed pack, released on one date, moves in a much narrower channel from the start — every copy that exists traces back to someone buying that specific product during its release window, not to an ongoing box-opening pipeline that keeps adding new copies to the market.
Pikachu Libre sits within the broader run of XY-era promotional cards, alongside other Pokemon that got their own purchase-promo or magazine-bonus treatments during the same period. For a wider look at what else carries an XY-P promo number, see our XY-P promo best cards guide.
The PSA 10 Copy We Currently List
We currently carry PSA 10 Pikachu Libre, XY-P 247/XY-P, at ¥345,050 (~$2,116) — one copy currently listed.
Because this is a graded, single-print promo rather than a set card with ongoing supply, we’re not treating this listing as a recurring stock item — there’s no next print run or restock date to point to. If you’re comparing this purchase against other graded Japanese Pikachu cards before deciding, our PSA10 Pikachu Japanese cards buying guide covers how grading and condition affect value across the wider lineup, not just this one card.
Related Pikachu Promo Cards We Carry
Pikachu Libre isn’t the only costumed or promo-driven Pikachu print worth knowing. The 25th Anniversary Collection (S8a, 2021) gave Pikachu a modern V and VMAX treatment under its own costumed themes — Surfing Pikachu and Flying Pikachu — and we currently carry graded copies of three of those cards.
These are a separate lineage from Pikachu Libre — a different set, a different release era, and standard V/VMAX card types rather than a purchase promo — but they belong to the same broader category of costumed Pikachu prints collectors track together. Where Pikachu Libre is a single fixed-price graded piece with no sealed product behind it, the Surfing and Flying Pikachu V/VMAX cards can still be chased through sealed 25th Anniversary Collection boxes if you’d rather open product than buy a single outright. To see how Pikachu Libre stacks up against the rest of the Pikachu card family, including these three, check our top 10 Pikachu Japanese cards roundup or the wider best Pikachu cards guide.
Where to Buy Pikachu Libre and Other Rare Japanese Pikachu Cards
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. Our graded PSA 10 Pikachu Libre (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) is currently listed as a single piece — there’s no sealed product to open for a chance at it, since it was only ever distributed through the 2016 purchase promo.
For the modern costumed Pikachu lineup, our graded Surfing Pikachu V, Surfing Pikachu VMAX, and Flying Pikachu V (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) listings are available individually. For other rare XY-P promos, additional Japanese Pikachu singles, or a sourcing request for a specific print we don’t currently have listed, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to reach us — allocation on one-of-one graded pieces moves fast.
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How much is the Pikachu Libre card worth?
We currently list our PSA 10 graded copy of Pikachu Libre (XY-P 247/XY-P) at ¥345,050 (~$2,116) as of August 2026, with one copy currently listed.
What is Pikachu Libre XY-P 247?
It’s a Lightning-type, 80 HP Basic Pokemon card issued as a purchase promo with the Masked Pikachu Special Pack, released June 17, 2016. It’s printed in mirror holo and carries the attacks Quick Attack and Flying Elekick.
Are there other Japanese printings of Pikachu Libre?
Based on our research, XY-P 247 is the only confirmed Japanese printing. An English-only version exists as part of the XY Trainer Kit “Pikachu Libre” half-deck, but that’s a separate, non-Japanese product on its own numbering.
Where can I buy the Pikachu Libre card from Japan?
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo. Our graded PSA 10 Pikachu Libre is currently listed as an individual piece, and our Quick Order page is the fastest way to place a sourcing request for other rare XY-P promos or Japanese Pikachu singles.
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