Raikou (BREAKthrough 55)

Raikou   ライコウ Raikou

Illus. Shin Nagasawa

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Raikou Type Lightning HP 120 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion BREAKthrough Rarity English card no. 55/162 Japanese expansion Red Flash Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 026/059 Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 033/171 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 was first released as part of the BREAKthrough expansion.

Card text

Shining Body

ひかるからだ

If this Pokémon has any Energy attached to it, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Thunder Lance

サンダーランス

50+

This attack does 20 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Pokédex data

Raikou - Thunder Pokémon

No.

243

Height

6'03" (1.9 m)

Weight

392.4 lbs. (178.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

This rough Pokémon stores energy inside its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity.

たいないで うずまく ちからを でんげきとして だしながら だいちを かけめぐる あらあらしい ポケモン。

Release information

This card was included in the BREAKthrough expansion, first released in the Japanese Red Flash expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted in The Best of XY subset.

Trivia

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Y.

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