Raichu 27 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Raichu 27
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Suwama Chiaki

This card has 90 HP, a top attack printed at 70 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Lightning · Stage 1 · Arceus · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Raichu 27 do in a game?

Raichu 27 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 90 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Thunder Blast, is printed at 70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card.

Lightning Stage 1 Rare Unlimited #026 Raichu

Raichu 27Arceus

90 HP · Lightning · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Fighting weakness +20

Top printed damage7023 per Energy Thunder Blast70 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points90 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage7021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 23 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRareArceus88 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityRare

SetArceus

Card number27

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$26.10Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it741 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name88 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line64 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #026 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Raichu 27 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 47.7%.

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.

How Raichu 27 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	47.7%	90 HP
Top printed damage	64.7%	70 damage
Energy efficiency	57.8%	23 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EBoosted Voltage20 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage
3EThunder Blast23 damage per Energy card · has printed text70damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 7,584of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 7,584 at 90 HP.

Lightning cardsNo. 607of 1,520 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 2,430of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardRaichu 27Arceus90 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 290 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Raichu 27

Hit points 90 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 23 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Legality 9 of the 66 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Raichu 27 at a glance

What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 90 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Arceus.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 70 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at +20.
What it costs to move. 1 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.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Raichu 27 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 70 damage, which is 23 damage for every Energy card attached.

Raichu 27 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Boosted Voltage	1 Lightning	1	20	20	If Raichu has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon that isn't an Evolved Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Thunder Blast	1 Lightning + 2 Colorless	3	70	23	Discard a Lightning Energy card attached to Raichu.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Boosted Voltage1 Energy card

Thunder Blast3 Energy cards

What each 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.

Boosted Voltage 1 Energy20 damage for 1 Energy — 20 per Energy card20
Thunder Blast 3 Energy70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 per Energy card70

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (70).

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How does Raichu 27 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.

No.7,584by HP in the archive

Raichu 27 prints 90 HP, which puts it at number 7,584 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

65% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 44%Where it sits on printed HP

This card90 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Raichu printed140 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 90 HP, which is 24% 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.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 90 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 70.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 22of 102

That is where Raichu 27 stands highest on HP — number 22 of 102 cards in Arceus. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 7,584 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,054 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 31% on damage
Lightning cards — 1,520 cards No. 607 of 1,520 by HP · No. 490 of 1,461 by damage · top by HP: Mega Eelektross ex, 350

top 34% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 2,430 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,541 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 31% on damage
Arceus — 111 cards No. 22 of 102 by HP · No. 7 of 92 by damage · top by HP: Charizard, 140

top 7% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 90 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 90
Top printed damage 70 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 70

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.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Raichu 27 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 70 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Raichu 27 — this card23.070 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 23.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Raichu 27 — this card	23.0	70 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsBoosted Voltage 20 / 1Thunder Blast 70 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Raichu 27.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Boosted Voltage	—	20	—
Thunder Blast	—	23	—

This card, per Energy card

23 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-26.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 70 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Lightning card do for Raichu 27?

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.

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type Damage from Fighting attacks is increased before it is applied.

Raichu 27 · Stage 1 90 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 70 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,435 cards in groups that print a Lightning weakness Against Water, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightning — this cardmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
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

Lightningweak to Fighting

Waterweak to Lightning

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.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Raichu 27 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

The weakness printed on the card decides which attacks are enough to remove it in one turn.

Cards that remove it in one attack

741

Cards it removes in one attack

1,974

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 90 HP against a Fighting weakness at +20 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackSolrockMega Evolution 7570 damage

+20Fighting weakness · 70 printed damage is enough
70 damage becomes 90 against this card

This cardRaichu 27Arceus 2790 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 736 cards in the archive that can remove Raichu 27 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 70. 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.

Raichuweak to Fighting +20

Raichuresists Metal -20

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.

Fighting cards that remove Raichu in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	270
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	270

140 HP Togekiss [104]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,974 cards in the archive are weak to Lightning and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Raichu as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Raichu 27 is one print of Raichu. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Raichu has been printed 88 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Raichu cards ever printedPokédex #026Prints on record 88Toughest print 260 HPThis card 90 HP

88prints

Legal in Standard9Older prints, not in Standard79

Every Raichu print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Raichu printed is 260 HP, and this card is 34.6% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX 221/236the toughest Raichu ever printedSM - Unified Minds260 HP
Raichu 27against that record34.6% of the record90 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Raichu print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Raichu 27 can be?

Raichu evolves from Pikachu, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Raichu line, oldest stage firstPokédex #026

Pikachu83 prints on record · Rumble

+70 HP · +100 damage

Raichu35 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

Pikachu → Raichu

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Pikachu.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 026.

1PikachuHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage70 HP
2RaichuHardest attack printed at this stage: 200 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

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.

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Is this the strongest Raichu print, and can the older ones still be played?

88 prints carry this name in the archive, and 66 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (260 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

66 rows are shown of the 88 prints counted under this name.

Raichu prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX 221/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX 241/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX 220/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX 54/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu-GX 75/73	Shining Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu-GX 29/73	Shining Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu-GX 20/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu V 045/172	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Raichu V 158/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Raichu 211/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Raichu 064/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Raichu BREAK 50/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 066/202	SWSH01: Sword & Shield Base Set	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 050/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 056/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 052/162	SV05: Temporal Forces	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Raichu 132/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Raichu 19/30	HGSS Trainer Kit: Gyarados & Raichu	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Raichu 67/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 55/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 053/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Raichu 050/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Alolan Raichu SM72	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu LV.X 99/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 041/147	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Raichu 57/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Raichu 31/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu ex 98/100	EX Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu ex 97/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 83/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 36/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 14/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 040/099	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 27/99	Nintendo Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu DP21	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 8/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 29/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 15/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 45/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu RC9/RC32	Generations: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 77	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 003/017	POP Series 9	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 049/162	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 043/146	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Seviper 009/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 28/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 27/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu H25/H32	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 025/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 061/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lt. Surge's Raichu 011/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 014/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 027/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 016/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 51/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 12/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 33/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 13/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 21/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu GL 31/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shining Raichu 111/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Raichu 83/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu δ 15/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Raichu 007/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raichu 12/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lt. Surge's Raichu 028/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

9 of the 66 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Raichu 27?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Raichu 27
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Dark Raichu	Team Rocket	70	30	1
Raichu ex	Sandstorm	100	120	1
Raichu	Skyridge	80	50	1
Jolteon	Jungle	70	20	1
Magneton	Legendary Collection	80	100	2
Jolteon	Legendary Collection	70	20	1

This card itself is 90 HP, 70 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Lightning like it.

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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.

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What was printed next to Raichu 27 in Arceus?

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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #27 in Arceus. 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.

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Which rules apply to Raichu 27, 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.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Raichu 27
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.

Raichu 27 — tournament formats
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 4, 2009.

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Raichu 27 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

Its hardest attack, Thunder Blast, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 23 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Pikachu has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 7,584 of 17,290

Lightning cardsNo. 607 of 1,520

Stage 1 cardsNo. 2,430 of 5,102

ArceusNo. 22 of 102

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 70 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 90 HP.
741 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,974 cards in one attack.
Damage from Metal attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Raichu 27 card record

Raichu 27 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	90 HP	Type	Lightning
Weakness	Fighting +20	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Pikachu	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#026	Set	Arceus
Card number	27 of 99	Series	Platinum
Released	November 4, 2009	Rarity	Rare
Illustrator	Suwama Chiaki
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Raichu 27 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$26.10

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August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Raichu 27 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Raichu 27 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Raichu 27?

Raichu 27 has 90 HP and a Fighting weakness at +20, so a Fighting attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 90.

What is the strongest attack on Raichu 27?

Thunder Blast, printed at 70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card. Discard a Lightning Energy card attached to Raichu.

What is the retreat cost of Raichu 27?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Raichu print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 66 prints listed on this page, 9 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Raichu evolve from?

Pikachu. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Raichu 27 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Raichu 27 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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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.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Raichu 27 — what does this card actually do?

What does Raichu 27 do in a game?

Raichu 27 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Raichu 27 at a glance

What do the attacks on Raichu 27 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Raichu 27 compare with every other card?

Is Raichu 27 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Lightning card do for Raichu 27?

What knocks out Raichu 27 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Raichu as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Raichu 27 can be?

Is this the strongest Raichu print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Raichu 27?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Raichu 27?

What was printed next to Raichu 27 in Arceus?

Which rules apply to Raichu 27, and where can it be played?

Raichu 27 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Raichu 27 card record

What does Raichu 27 cost?

Raichu 27 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Raichu 27?

What is the strongest attack on Raichu 27?

What is the retreat cost of Raichu 27?

Can an older Raichu print be played in a tournament?

What does Raichu evolve from?

Can Raichu 27 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Raichu 27 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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