Raikou 3/17 · POP Series 2

Raikou is Pokédex #243, generation 2 (Johto). Raikou is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP.

Raikou sits at 3/17 in POP Series 2, position 3 of 17. Before it is 2 Pidgeot, and after it is 4 Suicune. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Roar lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any. Thunder is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Raikou does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Raikou (#243) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Raikou 13/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Raikou list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 2 set binder is where a full POP Series 2 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raikou can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.