Raichu (Base Set 14): Difference between revisions

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion

| type=lightning

| expansion = {{TCG|Base Set}}

| rarity = {{rar|Rare Holo}}

| cardno = 14/102

|}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion

| type=lightning

| expansion = {{TCG|Base Set 2}}

| rarity = {{rar|Rare Holo}}

| cardno = 16/130

|}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion

| type=lightning

| gbset = {{GB|1|Colosseum}}

| gbid = A20

| gb2set = {{GB|2|Psychic Battle}}

| gb2id = D26

|}}

{{PokémoncardInfobox/Footer|type=lightning|species=Raichu}}

effect=Flip a {{TCG|coin}}. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to {{tt|Raichu|this Pokémon}}. |

effect=Flip a {{TCG|coin}}. If tails, {{tt|Raichu|this Pokémon}} does 30 damage to itself. |

{|{{Graytable}} width="250"

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| Mouse Pokémon

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| 2'7" (0.8m)

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| 66 lbs (30Kg)

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! nowrap | Pokémon No.

| 26

| Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high-voltage power.

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This card was reprinted in the {{TCG|Base Set 2}} reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan.

Some copies of this card, estimated by [[Wizards of the Coast]] to be around eight, were stamped with a Prerelease symbol.  These cards came about during the manufacture of the prerelease {{TCG|Jungle}} {{TCG ID|Jungle|Clefable|1}}, as a result of a few Base Set Raichu cards appearing on the sheet of Clefable cards being made for prerelease. Wizards denied the existence of prerelease Raichu for years, until one of their staff released an image of the card in 2006. Due to the card's excessive rarity, prerelease Raichu is said by some to be the "{{wp|holy grail}} of Pokémon".

{{m|Agility}} and {{m|Thunder}} are both [[move]]s in the [[Pokémon games]] that {{p|Raichu}} can learn as a {{p|Pikachu}}. This card's flavor text comes from {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, though it is slightly reworded.