Raichu 50/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Raichu is 50/203, in position 50 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 49 Pikachu, and after it is 51 Jolteon VMAX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 130 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).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 66 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The attack Big Sparking lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. This attack does 50 damage to each Pokémon V and Pokémon-GX (both yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Thunderbolt is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Discard all Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If its electric pouches run empty, it raises its tail to gather electricity from the atmosphere." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies set binder. 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.