Expedition Base Set

Raichu

EX61· Rare
Raichu EX 61

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What the card itself says

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

HP
80
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
61/165
Set
Expedition Base SetEX
Illustrated by
Atsuko Nishida

Its attacks

Plasma

10

If there are any Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Raichu.

Shock Bolt

60

Discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Raichu or this attack does nothing.

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

    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.

  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

Expedition Base Set landed here on 15 September 2002.

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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