Raichu 29/62 · Fossil

Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Raichu is 29/62, in position 29 of 62 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Muk, and after it is 30 Zapdos. The listed rarity is Rare.

Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 45. In the Pokédex this is Raichu (#026), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Pikachu. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Raichu (#026) has 70 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 52 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Raichu 14/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 55 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The attack Gigashock lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Choose 3 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and this attack does 10 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If your opponent has fewer than 3 Benched Pokémon, do that damage to each of them. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high voltage power."

I keep a set binder for Fossil, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fossil set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raichu can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.