Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX 221/236 · Unified Minds

Unified Minds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 2 August 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 261 cards. Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX is 221/236, in position 224 of 261 on this checklist. Before it is 220 Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX, and after it is 222 Mewtwo & Mew-GX. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX is a Basic TAG TEAM GX Lightning Pokémon with 260 HP. In the Pokédex this is Raichu (#026), generation 1 (Kanto).

tetsuya koizumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

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 is named Raichu, while this one is Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 260 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 67 other cards of Raichu list a different HP.

The attack Tandem Shock lists 80+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. If this Pokémon was on the Bench and became your Active Pokémon this turn, this attack does 80 more damage, and your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Lightning Ride-GX is another attack lists 150+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Lightning Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 100 more damage. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Unified Minds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unified Minds 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 and Alolan forms. I still need this card.