How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DP DP21/56 there. Its illustration is signed Daisuke Ito.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the DP Black Star Promos set.

DP Black Star Promos

Raichu DP DP21/56

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DP DP21/56 there. Its illustration is signed Daisuke Ito.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the DP Black Star Promos set.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 90
Type: Lightning
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: +20
Resistance: -20
Number: DP21/56
Illustrated by: Daisuke Ito

Its attacks

no cost

Electromagnetic InductionDémarrage électromagnétìque

Search your deck for up to 2 Lightning Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.Choisissez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 cartes Énergie Lightning et attachez-les à 1 de vos Pokémon. Ensuite, mélangez votre deck.

Explosive ThunderTonnerre explosif

30×

Discard all basic Lightning Energy cards attached to Raichu. This attack does 30 damage times the number of Lightning Energy cards you discarded.Défaussez toutes les cartes Énergie Lightning attachées à Raichu. Cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts multipliés par le nombre de cartes Énergie défaussées.

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.

A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,427 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting +20. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 1,216 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.

The other cards of this Pokémon

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