Raichu 15/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Raichu is Pokédex #026, generation 1 (Kanto). Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 40. The card says it evolves from Pikachu. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025).

Raichu sits at 15/123 in Mysterious Treasures, position 15 of 124. Before it is 14 Mesprit, and after it is 16 Typhlosion. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on August 1, 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Electromagnetic Induction lists no damage number. Search your deck for up to 2 Lightning Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Explosive Thunder is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Discard all basic Lightning Energy cards attached to Raichu. This attack does 30 damage times the number of Lightning Energy cards you discarded. Weakness is Fighting +20. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It turns aggressive if it has too much electricity in its body. It discharges power through its tail."

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 lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Daisuke Ito illustrated this one. 55 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Daisuke Ito. I count 47 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Mysterious Treasures set binder is where a full Mysterious Treasures set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raichu can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.