Raichu 67/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Raichu is Pokédex #026, generation 1 (Kanto). Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Pikachu. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025).

Raichu sits at 67/236 in Cosmic Eclipse, position 67 of 272. Before it is 66 Pikachu, and after it is 68 Magnemite. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Nuzzle lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Powerful Spark is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Lightning. This attack does 20 damage times the amount of Lightning Energy attached to all of your Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "As electricity builds up inside its body, it becomes more aggressive. One theory is that the electricity buildup is actually causing stress."

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 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 64 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads AKIRA EGAWA. I count 83 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Cosmic Eclipse set binder is where a full Cosmic Eclipse 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.