Pokémon · Sword & Shield

Raikou

Sword & Shield

Vivid Voltage · #50 · Amazing Rare · 2020

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Card facts

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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

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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

Attacker

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

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About this card

HP: 110Type:LLightningSubtype: Basic

"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.

expandedLegal

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).

Recent decks

ran Raikou

Tournaments scanned

307

past 30 days

Competitive note

Occasional competitive appearance.

Top decks running Raikou

1Lugia Archeops
1 deck

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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 2026/07/16

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.