Dark Raichu (Team Rocket 83)

Bulbasaur   わるいライチュウ Bad Raichu [[File:-attack.png|{{{3}}}| |link=|25px]]
File:Darkraichu2.jpg Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita
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Set	Team Rocket
Rarity	File:Rare rare.gif
English Card No.	83/82

Dark Raichu (Japanese: わるいライチュウ Bad Raichu) is a Lightning-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Team Rocket set.

Card text

Pokédex data

Species	Mouse Pokémon
Length	2'7"
Weight	66 lbs
Pokémon No.	26
Entry	Stores up electricity in its body, then suddenly releases it to surprise and shock everyone.

Release information

This card was reprinted in the Legendary Collection reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. A non-holographic version of this card was present in that set's Turmoil theme deck. Unlike the Team Rocket set version, the reprint was not a secret card.

Trivia

• This card was the first secret card (card number higher than set total) in a TCG set. It was also the first card that was released in the United States and elsewhere in the world before it was released in Japan, which it later would be in Neo Discovery.

Origin

Dark Raichu may be related to the attempts of the anime's trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth to capture Ash's Pikachu.