Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Raikou
Mega Evolution · #48 · Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.14
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 48 / 188
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Pokédex #
- 243
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Raikou plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Electro Fall) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Raikou
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Building around Raikou?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
LLElectro Fall — 30+
If you have at least 4 Lightning Energy in play, this attack does 90 more damage.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Raikou or Mega Evolution.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Raikou was legal.
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Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #18 25 Codes
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Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.18 | $19.98 | $0.14 | $0.05 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.02 | $0.27 | $19.98 | $0.27 | $0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Raikou is real?
Raikou is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Raikou worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Raikou is $0.14; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Raikou from?
Raikou is from the Pokémon set "Mega Evolution" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Raikou?
Raikou is a Rare card in the Mega Evolution set.
Other Raikou printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
