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.

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

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. 053/141 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 expansion.

Card text

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.

Pokédex data

Raichu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
026	2'07" (0.8 m)	66.1 lbs. (30 kg)

Trivia

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

Origin

• Gym Leader Lt. Surge owns a Raichu in the Pokémon games and the anime.
• ThunderShock is a move in the Pokémon games that Raichu can learn.

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