Shining Raichu 111/105 · Neo Destiny

Neo Destiny is a set in the Neo series. It was released on 28 February 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. Shining Raichu is 111/105, in position 111 of 113 on this checklist. Before it is 110 Shining Noctowl, and after it is 112 Shining Steelix. The collector number is above the printed set size of 105. The listed rarity is Rare Shining.

Shining Raichu is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 30. In the Pokédex this is Raichu (#026), generation 1 (Kanto).

Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 38 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 is named Raichu, while this one is Shining Raichu. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Shining. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 65 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The attack Thundersquall lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Water, Water. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and this attack does 10 damage to that Pokémon for each Water Energy attached to Shining Raichu. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: You can't have more than 1 Shining Raichu in your deck. The flavor text reads "If the electricity in its cheeks runs out, it sticks its tail straight up and uses it to collect energy from the air."

I keep a set binder for Neo Destiny, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Destiny 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 Pikachu's friends. I still need this card.