Lt. Surge's Raichu (VS 53)

This article is about a Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English and, hence, may not be released outside of Japan. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

Lt. Surge's Raichu   マチスのライチュウ Matis's Raichu

Illus. Etsuya Hattori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Lt. Surge's Raichu Type Lightning Hit Points 60 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 53/141 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Raichu.

Lt. Surge's Raichu (Japanese: マチスのライチュウ Matis's Raichu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Pokémon VS set. It was released in Japan only. This page uses the English equivalents of Japanese names.

Card text

Attacks

	Gnaw かじる	10

	Thundershock でんきショック	20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Trivia

• Like several other VS-styled cards, this card could technically have been an evolution card, as cards of Lt. Surge's Pikachu were released previously.

Origin

• ThunderShock is a move that Raichu can learn in the Pokémon games.
• Lt. Surge has a Raichu in both the anime and the games.

This Pokémon Trading Card article is part of Project TCGDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.