Red vs. yellow cheeks on Pikachu cards stems from an intentional design choice by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) for English Base Sets, aiming for anime consistency, but they later reverted to A BEAUTIFUL CARD WITH AN INCREDIBLE STORY! One of the rarest Pokmon cards ever printed. The 1998 Japanese Illustrator Pikachu PSA 8.5 from a contest that produced an estimated Pikachu (Base Set 58) Bulbapedia, the community driven Pokmon encyclopedia Pikachu [1st Edition] #58 Prices Pokemon Base Set Pokemon Cards Trivia This card is popularly known as Yellow Cheeks Pikachu as a reference to the card's artwork and to differ it from Pikachu card from the Jungle expansion. This name also appeared Pikachu Yellow Cheeks 1999 Pokemon TCG Base Set 1st Edition #58 102 (PSA or BGS Graded) 1999 US