Raichu (BW Promo 78)

Raichu   ライチュウ Raichu

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Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Pikachu Card name Raichu Type Lightning HP 100 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion BW Black Star Promos English card no. BW78 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 152/BW-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Raichu.

Raichu (Japanese: ライチュウ Raichu) is a Lightning-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was released as one of the Japanese BW-P Promotional cards. It was planned to be one of the English BW Black Star Promos, but it was never released.

Card text

Quick Attack でんこうせっか 30+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.

Thunder Blast サンダーブラスト 90

Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Pokédex data

Raichu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
026	2'07" (0.8 m)	66.1 lbs. (30.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Its tail discharges electricity into the ground, protecting it from getting shocked.
しっぽが アースの やくめをはたして でんきを じめんに にがすので じぶんじしんは しびれたりしない。

Release information

In Japan, this card was released as one of the BW-P Promotional cards and awarded to participants of the Pokémon Card Game Classroom deck building learning events held during May 2012. Those who had already participated in at least one session were awarded a Pikachu promotional card. Participants using that card in their deck in another session were awarded this card.

Pikachu and Raichu were planned to be released in the Plasma Freeze Three Pack Blisters, but due to the cancellation of an English Landorus Box, BW Promos Landorus and Druddigon were issued in the Blister Packs instead of Pikachu and Raichu. Because of this abrupt change in products, there was not enough time for this promotional card to be repurposed into a different promotional product and remains unissued.

On July 21, 2014, Pokémon.com updated their card database with images of all 101 BW Black Star Promos, releasing images of the two previously unknown promotional cards falling at BW77 and BW78. By the end of the night, however, the official site had removed any trace of the Pikachu and Raichu cards. They were still visible in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and Pokémon Trading Card Game Live but not available for trading or crafting with Crystals.

Trivia

Origin

Quick Attack is a move in the Pokémon games that Raichu can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Black and White.

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