Raikou & Suicune LEGEND 93/95 · HS—Unleashed

Raikou & Suicune LEGEND, HS—Unleashed #93

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 12 May 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Raikou & Suicune LEGEND is 93/95, in position 93 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 92 Raikou & Suicune LEGEND, and after it is 94 Suicune & Entei LEGEND. The listed rarity is LEGEND.

Raikou & Suicune LEGEND is a LEGEND Lightning Water Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Raikou (#243), generation 2 (Johto) and Suicune (#245), generation 2 (Johto).

Shinji Higuchi + Noriko Takaya illustrated this card. The same name is on 3 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 13/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card is named Raikou, while this one is Raikou & Suicune LEGEND. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is LEGEND. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shinji Higuchi + Noriko Takaya illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Raikou list a different HP. Suicune (#245) has 31 cards in the catalog.

The attack Thunderbolt Spear lists 150 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Raikou & Suicune LEGEND does 50 damage to itself and don't apply Weakness to this damage. Aurora Gain is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Remove 5 damage counters from Raikou & Suicune LEGEND. Weakness is Fighting ×2 and Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Raikou & Suicune LEGEND. The card text says: When this Pokémon has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for HS—Unleashed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Unleashed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Raikou and Suicune can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Legendary beasts and Pokémon LEGEND. I still need this card.