The cardEM 97/106

Emerald

Raichu ex EM 97/106

Name: Raichu ex EM 97/106
Brand: Pokémon

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Card language

Seller location

Raichu ex arrived in Emerald on 9 May 2005.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Emerald landed here on 9 May 2005.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP: 100
Type: Lightning
Retreat cost: 0
Weakness: ×2
Number: 97/106
Set: EmeraldEMSet guide
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Rai-shield

Damage done to any of your Raichu ex in play by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon-ex is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). You can't use more than 1 Rai-shield Poké-Body each turn.

Its attacks

Power Short

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If that Pokémon has Poké-Powers, this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage.

Pika Bolt

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
It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
A strength
Pika Bolt hits for 70 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Emerald hits harder for that price.
A strength
It has an Ability, Rai-shield. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,952 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
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,952 tournament lists we have read, 2,108 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

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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

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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Raichu ex EM 97/106

The market for this printing

When it came out

What the card itself says

Its Ability

Rai-shield

Its attacks

Power Short

Pika Bolt

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

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What to make of it

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

What the card itself says

Its Ability

Rai-shield

Its attacks

Power Short

Pika Bolt

Its Ability

Rai-shield

Its attacks

Power Short

Pika Bolt

Its Ability

Rai-shield

Its attacks

Power Short

Pika Bolt