SM Black Star Promos

Alolan Raichu

SMPSM72· Promo
Alolan Raichu SMP SM72

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
110
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
SM72/248
Set
SM Black Star PromosSMP
Illustrated by
Akira Komayama

Its Ability

Surge Surfer

If there is any Stadium card in play, this Pokémon has no Retreat Cost.

Its attacks

Psychic

70+

This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokémon.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Surge Surfer. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 875 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

SM Black Star Promos landed here on 3 February 2017.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 76 Raichu cards on one page, priciest first.

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