Raikou ☆ (EX Unseen Forces 114)

Raikou ライコウ☆ Raikou ☆

Illus. Masakazu Fukuda

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Raikou Type Lightning HP 80 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion EX Unseen Forces Rarity English card no. 114/115 Japanese expansion Golden Sky, Silvery Ocean Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 039/106 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 EX Unseen Forces expansion.

Card text

This Pokémon is both type 243s If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. You may play a Pokémon card that evolves from Mysterious Fossil on top of Buried Fossil. (This counts as evolving Buried Fossil.) Buried Fossil can't be affected by Special Conditions. You may have up to 4 Basic Pokémon cards in your deck with Unown in their names. You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. 243s When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. 243s Put this card onto your Active Missingno.. Missingno. LV. X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous Level. Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Missingno. . Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Missingno. & Missingno. . When this Pokémon has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Attach this card to 1 of your Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. At the end of your turn, discard this card. Attach this card to 1 of your Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. You may attach this as an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon. While attached, this card is a Special Energy card and provides Energy. You may attach this as an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon that already has an Energy card attached to it. When you attach this card, return an Energy card attached to that Pokémon to your hand. While attached, this card is a Special Energy card and provides every type of Energy but 2 Energy at a time. (Has no effect other than providing Energy.) 243s You can't have more than 1 Pokémon in your deck. 243s You can't have more than 1 Shining Missingno. in your deck. This card can't evolve into Pikachu. If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. 243s When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Team Plasma 243s When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends.

Lightning Turn ライトニングターン 20

Switch Raikou with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Meta Voltage メタボルト 70

If you have less Prize cards left than your opponent, this attack does 40 damage to each of your Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Trivia

The description of the Meta Voltage attack is grammatically incorrect and should read "fewer" instead of "less".

Origin

This card is based on the Shiny version of Raikou.

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