Raikou (HGSS Promo 19)

Raikou   ライコウ Raikou

Illus. Noriko Hotta

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Raikou Type Lightning HP 80 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion HGSS Black Star Promos English card no. HGSS19 Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 061/L-P 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 one of the HGSS Black Star Promos.

Card text

Zap Cannon でんじほう 70

During your next turn, Raikou can't use Zap Cannon.

Pokédex data

Raikou - Thunder Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
243	6'03" (1.9 m)	392.4 lbs. (178.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.
あまぐもを せおっているので どんなときでも かみなりを だせる。 かみなりとともに おちてきたという。

Release information

In Japan, upon the release of Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark, this card was made available in the LEGEND Perfect Set. The English print was made available in the Fall 2010 Collector's Tins released in September 2010.

Trivia

Origin

This Raikou card is based on the Shiny Nintendo event Raikou given out in Japanese movie theaters playing Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark in July 2010. Zap Cannon is a move in the Pokémon games that the event Raikou knows. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon HeartGold.

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