Dark Raichu (Team Rocket 83)

Dark Raichu Lv. 31 わるいライチュウ
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita
Classification	Pokémon card
Name	Dark Raichu
Evolution Stage	Stage 1 Pokémon (Evolves from Pikachu)
Type
HP	70
Weakness
Resistance	None
Retreat Cost
	For information on this Pokémon's species, see Raichu.
Set	Team Rocket
Rarity	H
English Card No.	83/82

Dark Raichu (Japanese: わるいライチュウ Bad Raichu) is a Lightning-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Team Rocket set.

Card text

Attacks

	Surprise Thunder	30
Flip a coin. If heads, flip another coin. If the second coin is heads, this attack does another 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If the second coin is tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponents Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pokédex data

Release information

This card was reprinted in the Legendary Collection reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. A non-holographic version of this card was present in that set's Turmoil theme deck. Unlike the Team Rocket set version, the reprint was not a secret card.

Trivia

• This card was the first secret card (card number higher than set total) in a TCG set. It was also the first card that was released in the United States and elsewhere in the world before it was released in Japan, which it later would be in Neo Discovery.

Origin

Dark Raichu may be related to the attempts of the anime's trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth to capture Ash's Pikachu.

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