Secret Wonders

Raikou SW 16/132

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Raikou SW 16

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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 SW 16/132 there. Its illustration is signed Ryo Ueda.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Secret Wonders set, released here on 1 November 2007.

When it came out

Secret Wonders landed here on 1 November 2007.

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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
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
16/132
Set
Secret WondersSW
Illustrated by
Ryo Ueda

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Its Ability

Thunder Rumble

Once during your turn (before your attack), when you attach a Lightning Energy card from your hand to Raikou, you may put 1 damage counter on 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.

Its attacks

Thunder Climb

50+

Discard 3 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each Lightning Energy card you discarded. Then, attach those Lightning Energy cards to 1 of your 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, Thunder Rumble. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,620 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting +20. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,620 tournament lists we have read, 1,261 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

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 25 Raikou cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Raikou card and its price