Raichu LV.X 99 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 110 HP and a Fighting weakness.
Lightning · Level-Up · Stormfront · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Raichu LV.X 99 do in a game?
Raichu LV.X 99 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Level-Up.
Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Raichu LV.X 99Stormfront
Raichu LV.X 99 performance summary
110 HP · Lightning · Level-Up · retreat 0 · Fighting weakness ×2
Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 61.6% | 110 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 100.0% | 0 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 Energy |
1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.
Raichu LV.X 99110 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Raichu LV.X 99
- Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Raichu LV.X 99 at a glance
- What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Level-Up, printed in Stormfront.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Raichu LV.X 99 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voltage Shoot | 2 Lightning + 1 Colorless | 3 | — | — | Discard 2 Lightning Energy cards from your hand and choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 80 to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.
The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
Back to summaryHow does Raichu LV.X 99 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.
Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 — this card | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 — this card | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 0 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Raichu LV.X 99 stands highest on HP — number 20 of 92 cards in Stormfront. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 110 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat Raichu LV.X 99 does without attacking
Raichu LV.X 99 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
Link Lightning can only be used once a turn
The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.
What does being a Lightning card do for Raichu LV.X 99?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning — this card | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Lightning weakness.
What being a Lightning card is worth
Groups that most often print a Lightning weakness: Water (2,435 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Lightning cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.
What knocks out Raichu LV.X 99 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.
Marshadow60 damage60 damage becomes 120 against this card
Raichu LV.X 99110 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 901 cards in the archive that can remove Raichu LV.X 99 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Metal resistance changes
Damage from Metal attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Lucario ex (77) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (160) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (179) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (188) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (113) | Ascended Heroes | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Toxtricity ex (100) | Paradox Rift | 260 | 270 | 540 |
110 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 909 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhat has to be in play before Raichu LV.X 99 can be?
Raichu LV.X evolves from Raichu, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.
Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Raichu LV.X 99?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
70
Shining Raichu [111]
70
Dark Raichu [83]
260
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX [221]
100
Raichu ex [98]
80
Raichu [H25]
70
Raichu δ [15]
80
Raichu [25]
110
Alolan Raichu [SM72]
260
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX [241]
80
Raichu [61]
80
Lt. Surge's Raichu [11]
100
Raichu ex [97]
100
Raichu [83]
90
Raichu [14]
80
Raichu [14]
80
Raichu [27]
140
Raichu [211]
70
Dark Raichu [7]
70
Raichu [12]
80
Raichu [16]
80
Raichu [51]
260
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX [220]
70
Lt. Surge's Raichu [28]
80
Raichu [12]
210
Raichu-GX [75]
80
Raichu [33]
80
Raichu [13]
80
Raichu [21]
80
Raichu GL [31]
260
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX [54]
90
Raichu [DP21]
90
Raichu [8]
90
Raichu [27]
90
Raichu [29]
90
Raichu [15]
90
Raichu [45]
120
Raichu [132]
90
Raichu [RC9]
130
Raichu BREAK [50]
90
Raichu [77]
90
Raichu [3]
90
Raichu [40]
100
Raichu [36]
110
Alolan Raichu [57]
200
Raichu V [158]
210
Raichu-GX [29]
90
Raichu [28]
90
Raichu [43]
90
Raichu [49]
110
Alolan Raichu [31]
64 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#026). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Raichu LV.X 99 in Stormfront?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
Switch [93]
Cyclone Energy [94]
Warp Energy [95]
140
Dusknoir LV.X [96]
120
Heatran LV.X [97]
150
Machamp LV.X [98]
150
Regigigas LV.X [100]
50
Charmander [101]
80
Charmeleon [102]
120
Charizard [103]
These are the cards numbered either side of #99 in Stormfront. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Raichu LV.X 99, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“Put this card onto your Active Raichu. Raichu LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level.”
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on November 1, 2008.
Raichu LV.X 99 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
What it asks a deck for
- Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
- It cannot start the game in play — Raichu has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
- 909 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Damage from Metal attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Raichu LV.X 99 card record
| Hit points | 110 HP | Type | Lightning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 | Retreat cost | 0 Energy |
| Evolves from | Raichu | Card type | Level-Up |
| Pokédex number | #026 | Set | Stormfront |
| Card number | 99 of 100 | Series | Diamond & Pearl |
| Released | November 1, 2008 | Rarity | Rare Holo LV.X |
| Illustrator | Ryo Ueda | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
| Printed rule | Put this card onto your Active Raichu. Raichu LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Raichu LV.X 99 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Raichu LV.X 99 — frequently asked questions
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Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
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