Raichu 49/162 · BREAKthrough

Raichu is Pokédex #026, generation 1 (Kanto). Raichu is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Pikachu. In this catalog that name is Pikachu (#025).

Raichu sits at 49/162 in BREAKthrough, position 49 of 165. Before it is 48 Pikachu, and after it is 50 Raichu BREAK. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Thunderclap Shot lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon-EX. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Electrosmash is another attack lists 70+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. The flavor text reads "It can loose 100,000-volt bursts of electricity instantly downing foes several times its size."

Raichu (#026) has 70 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 52 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 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 55 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKthrough set binder is where a full BREAKthrough 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.