Description

Pikachu (026/103) from the Japanese M6a 30th Celebration set

illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya

Card Number: 026/103 (Subset number: 10/30 in the 30-illustrator Pikachu subset)

Rarity: Rare / Pikachu subset variant with a fireworks-style holofoil

Card Type / Stage: Lightning / Basic

PokémonHP: 50Attack / Ability: Run Around — Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched PokémonWeakness: Fighting ×2

Resistance: NoneRetreat

Cost: [C] 1 Colorless energy

Tomokazu Komiya is one of the most distinctive and widely celebrated illustrators in the history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG). Having contributed artwork since the game’s earliest expansions in the late 1990s, his style stands in stark contrast to the clean, digital vectors of modern cards.

Collectors easily recognize his work by its signature artistic choices:

Primitivist and Naive Art Style: His drawings use rough, heavily textured brushstrokes, distorted anatomy, and thick, expressive linework that resembles raw oil pastels or finger-painting.

Surreal and Vivid Color Palettes: Komiya frequently uses bold, unconventional colors and dizzying, psychedelic backgrounds to evoke an abstract or dreamlike atmosphere.

Playful, Offbeat Tone: Rather than framing Pokémon in typical heroic battle poses, he often portrays them in chaotic, comedic, or bizarre slice-of-life scenarios.