Raichu 13/95 · Team Magma vs Team Aqua

Team Magma vs Team Aqua is a set in the EX series. It was released on March 1, 2004. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 97 cards. Raichu is 13/95, in position 13 of 97 on this checklist. Before it is 12 Team Magma's Torkoal, and after it is 14 Team Aqua's Crawdaunt. The listed rarity is Rare.

Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. 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).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 58 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The attack Spark lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon (1 if there is only 1). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Kerzap is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 40 more damage to the Defending Pokémon and discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Raichu. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Team Magma vs Team Aqua, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raichu can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.