Pooka
Lt. Surge's Raichu
#41/98 in Challenge from the Darkness, Rare Holo, 80 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Card number
- #41/98
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 80 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- June 25, 1999
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Original name
- マチスのライチュウ
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Collector Notes
Lt. Surge's Raichu
Lt. Surge's Raichu appears in the Japanese print of Challenge from the Darkness, released on June 25, 1999. Lt. Surge's Raichu is a rare holo rarity and 80 HP. The Challenge from the Darkness set contains 98 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Lt. Surge's Raichu is a Pokémon card featuring artwork by Ken Sugimori, part of the Challenge from the Darkness set released on June 25, 1999. This Rare Holo card carries the number 41 and is associated with the theme color #b0a55a. The Pokémon has 80 HP and includes two attacks. The first, Kerzap, requires two Lightning Energy to deal 20+ damage, with a coin flip determining additional effects. If heads, it inflicts 20 plus 30 damage and discards all Lightning Energy from Lt. Surge's Raichu, while tails results in 20 damage. The second attack, Thundertackle, demands four Energy costs and deals 40 damage, with a coin flip deciding whether the defending Pokémon is Paralyzed or Lt. Surge's Raichu harms itself. Both attacks emphasize strategic choices through probabilistic outcomes, reflecting the card's design for interactive gameplay.
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