Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Raikou
Vivid Voltage · #50 · Amazing Rare · 2020
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Market reference
$6.86
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 50 / 203
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Amazing Rare
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Hideki Ishikawa
- Pokédex #
- 243
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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 (Amazing Shot) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Grass / Lightning / Metal Energy to attack — note its own type is Lightning, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥55 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Raikou
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hideki Ishikawa
This card was illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa.
Building around Raikou?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This rough Pokémon stores energy inside its body, then sweeps across the land, shooting off electricity."
GLMAmazing Shot — 120
This attack also does 120 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Raikou was legal.
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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.00 | $7.61 | $96.95 | $6.86 | $8.74 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €9.63 |
| 7-day average | €8.02 |
| 30-day average | €8.32 |
| Low | €3.00 |
| Trend price | €6.96 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €11.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €13.60 |
| averageSellPrice | €8.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €15.04 |
| Reverse holo trend | €13.26 |
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 $6.86; 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 "Vivid Voltage" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Raikou?
Raikou is a Amazing Rare card in the Vivid Voltage set.
Other Raikou printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
