Raikou (Call of Legends SL9)

Raikou   ライコウ Raikou

Illus. Noriko Hotta

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Raikou Type Lightning HP 90 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion Call of Legends Rarity English card no. SL9 Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 064/L-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Raikou.

Raikou (Japanese: ライコウ Raikou) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Call of Legends expansion.

Card text

Extreme Speed しんそく

Raikou's Retreat Cost is less for each Energy attached to Raikou.

Raging Thunder らくらい 70

Does 20 damage to 1 of your Pokémon, and don't apply Weakness and Resistance to this damage.

Pokédex data

Raikou - Thunder Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
243	6'03" (1.9 m)	392.4 lbs. (178.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
A Pokémon that races across the land while barking a cry that sounds like crashing thunder.
かみなりが おちたときのような なきごえで ほえながら だいちを かけめぐる ポケモン。

Release information

This card was released in the Call of Legends expansion. In Japan, during the months of May and June 2010, those who bought two LEGEND series booster packs were entered into a draw to win one of one thousand sets of Raikou, Suicune, and Entei.

Trivia

Origin

This Raikou card is based on the Shiny Nintendo event Raikou given out in Japanese movie theaters playing Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark in July 2010. Extreme Speed is a move in the Pokémon games that the event Raikou knows. Raging Thunder is an attack that first appeared on Zapdos from Expansion Sheet 2. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon SoulSilver.

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