Gym Challenge

Lt. Surge's Raichu

G211· Holo Rare
Lt. Surge's Raichu G2 11

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
11/132
Set
Gym ChallengeG2
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Kerzap

20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage to the Defending Pokémon and discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Lt. Surge's Raichu. If tails, this attack does 20 damage.

Thundertackle

40

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, Lt. Surge's Raichu does 20 damage to itself.

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. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 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.

  2. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 935 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

Gym Challenge landed here on 16 October 2000.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

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