Pooka
Raichu
#24/48 in Mystery of the Fossils, Rare Holo, 90 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
- Card number
- #24/48
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 90 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- June 21, 1997
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Original name
- ライチュウ
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Collector Notes
Raichu
Raichu appears in the Japanese print of Mystery of the Fossils, released on June 21, 1997. Raichu is a rare holo rarity and 90 HP. The Mystery of the Fossils set contains 48 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Collector Insights
Raichu is a Pokémon card with 90 HP, featuring a Rare Holo rarity and a theme color of #beb44e. Its sole attack, Gigashock, requires four Lightning Energy to deal 30 damage to an opposing Pokémon. The attack also allows the player to select three of their opponent's Benched Pokémon, inflicting 10 damage to each, bypassing Weakness and Resistance for those Benched Pokémon. If the opponent has fewer than three Benched Pokémon, the damage is distributed among all available targets. The card was released in the Mystery of the Fossils set on June 21, 1997, and was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It belongs to the Pokémon supertype and is numbered 24 in the set. The card's design and mechanics align with its thematic focus on electrical power and strategic battlefield impact.
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