digimon card game susanoomon ACE SEC Parallel BT-18 102 (This Digimon checks 2 additional security cards) [When Digivolving] Delete 1 of your opponents Digimon. Susanoomon Ace #digimontcg

That gives us 23 + 8 + 8 for a grand total of 39 official Pikachu Illustrator cards in the world

Kain is a good early play that can guarantee you the top-ups you need, and you can do some dastardly things with him, like building him tall and strapping a Vampiric Link to him to ensure you gain life off of anyone attacking with him

As this list mainly uses cards from OP05 onward, it won't be affected by the next rotation

The night comes alive in this Vampire tribal deck commanded by the infamous Edgar Markov

Because you get to choose the amount of Energy you pay, its really not difficult to make the Aetherkite decimate your opponents while leaving you relatively unscathed