Raichu ex 97/106 · Emerald

Raichu is Pokédex #026, generation 1 (Kanto). Raichu ex is a Stage 1 ex Lightning Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Pikachu. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025).

Raichu ex sits at 97/106 in Emerald, position 97 of 107. Before it is 96 Milotic ex, and after it is 98 Regice ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on May 1, 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Rai-shield is listed as Poké-Body. Damage done to any of your Raichu ex in play by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon-ex is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). You can't use more than 1 Rai-shield Poké-Body each turn. The attack Power Short lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If that Pokémon has Poké-Powers, this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage. Pika Bolt is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 Raichu ex. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 66 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerald set binder is where a full Emerald 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.