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Raikou
#38/91 in Split Earth, Rare, 70 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
- Set
- Split Earth
- Card number
- #38/91
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- August 1, 2002
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Original name
- ライコウ
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Collector Notes
Raikou
Raikou appears in the Japanese print of Split Earth, released on August 1, 2002. Raikou is a rare rarity and 70 HP. The Split Earth set contains 91 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Collector Insights
Raikou is a Pokémon card from the Split Earth set, released on August 1, 2002. It has 70 HP and is illustrated by artist Mitsuhiro Arita. The card features a single attack named Lightning Sphere, which requires one Lightning Energy and two Colorless Energy to use. This attack deals 40 damage plus 20 additional damage for each Lightning Energy card discarded during the effect. The attack allows the player to flip a coin, and if it lands heads, all attached Lightning Energy cards are discarded. Raikou is numbered 38 in the set and classified as a Rare card. Its supertype is Pokémon, and it belongs to the Japanese language edition. The card’s mechanics emphasize strategic energy management and conditional damage scaling.
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