Raikou 13/64 · Neo Revelation

Neo Revelation is a set in the Neo series. It was released on September 21, 2001. The printed size is 64. This checklist is longer, at 66 cards. Raikou is 13/64, in position 13 of 66 on this checklist. Before it is 12 Porygon2, and after it is 14 Suicune. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Raikou is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 40. In the Pokédex this is Raikou (#243), generation 2 (Johto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Raikou (#243) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Raikou 22/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Raikou list a different HP.

Lightning Burst is listed as Pokémon Power. Whenever you attach a Lightning Energy card from your hand to Raikou, if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. This power stops working while Raikou is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. The attack Lightning Tackle lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Flip a coin. If tails, Raikou does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning."

I keep a set binder for Neo Revelation, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Revelation set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raikou can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.