Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Raichu is 83/82, in position 83 of 83 on this checklist. The card before it is 82 Potion Energy. The collector number is above the printed set size of 82. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.
Dark Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 31. 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 51 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 is named Raichu, while this one is Dark Raichu. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 65 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.
The attack Surprise Thunder lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, flip another coin. If the second coin is heads, this attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If the second coin is tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Stores up electricity in its body, then suddenly releases it to surprise and shock everyone."
I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket 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 and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.
Flip a coin. If heads, flip another coin. If the second coin is heads, this attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If the second coin is tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Stores up electricity in its body, then suddenly releases it to surprise and shock everyone.
Team Rocket, in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82.
83/82. It is entry 83 of 83 in this checklist.
Mitsuhiro Arita. The catalog lists 721 other cards with that illustrator.
Rare Secret.
Raichu #026, generation 1 (Kanto).
Surprise Thunder (30).