Raikou (Neo Revelation 13)

Raikou LV.40 ライコウ Raikou

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Raikou Type Lightning HP 80 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Neo Revelation Rarity English card no. 13/64 Japanese expansion Awakening Legends Japanese rarity 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 Neo Revelation expansion.

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• Card text
  • Pokédex data
• Trivia
  • Origin

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Card text

Pokémon Power:

Lightning Burst

いなびかり

Whenever you attach a Energy card from your hand to Raikou, if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. This power stops working while Raikou is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Lightning Tackle

ライトニングタックル

50

Flip a coin. If tails, Raikou does 20 damage to itself.

Pokédex data

Raikou - Thunder Pokémon

No.

243

Height

6'3" (1.9 m)

Weight

392 lbs. (178 kg)

Pokédex entry

The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.

雨雲をせおっているので、どんなときでも雷を出せる。雷と共に落ちてきたという。

Trivia

This card's illustration portrays the same scene as Entei and Suicune, but with a focus on Raikou. It is from the artwork used for the Japanese Awakening Legends booster pack.

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

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