Raikou (Secret Wonders 16)

Raikou LV.42 ライコウ Raikou

Illus. Ryo Ueda

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Raikou Type Lightning HP 80 weakness +20 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion Secret Wonders Rarity English card no. 16/132 Japanese expansion Shining Darkness Japanese rarity Expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards 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 Secret Wonders expansion.

Card text

Thunder Rumble じんらい

Once during your turn (before your attack), when you attach a Energy card from your hand to Raikou, you may put one damage counter on one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.

Thunder Climb [create category] サンダークライム 50+

Discard 3 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card you discarded. Then, attach those Energy cards to 1 of your Pokémon.

Pokédex data

Raikou - Thunder Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
243	6'03" (1.9 m)	392.4 lbs. (178.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It is said to have fallen with lightning. It can fire thunderbolts from the rain clouds on its back.
カミナリと ともに おちてきたと いわれている。せなかの あまぐもから カミナリを うちだすことが できる。

Release information

This card was included in the Secret Wonders expansion, first released in the Japanese Shining Darkness expansion. In September 2010, an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of this card was released in the Fall 2010 Collector's Tins in order to showcase the difference between normal and Shiny Pokémon.

Trivia

Origin

Thunder Rumble's Japanese name is that of Thunderclap, a move later introduced in the Generation IX Pokémon games. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.