01Card Stats

Basic GX

HP 170

TypeLightning

RarityPromo

Illustrator5ban Graphics

WeaknessFighting ×2

Retreat●

SetSM Black Star Promos

Released2017

02Editions and Print Runs

Modern print era — no 1st Edition or Shadowless variants exist for cards printed after the WotC era.

Unlimited

How to spot it: Standard modern card frame; no edition stamp.

All copies share the same Unlimited print frame.

04Variants and Foiling

Rarity tiers: Promo
Foiling: Holo version with the holo pattern applied to the artwork.
Alt art / specials: No full-art, secret rare, or alternate-art version documented for this print.

05Language and Regional Versions

English: Standard English release.
Japanese: Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
European: Localized European prints exist with translated text.
Other: No documented language-exclusive errors or major regional variants.

06Current Market Value

Holo	~$8.32 TCGplayer market (asking-price proxy); eBay solds may differ — verify current listings.

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07Why Collectors Want It

Raikou — Pokemon TCG catalog (Pokedex #243).
Promo-only distribution makes supply meaningfully tighter than mass-retail cards.
Required for any complete Raikou master set across eras.
Collectors of the SM Black Star Promos set need this card to finish it.

08Competitive Playability

Tier: Situational

Basic GX Raikou with 170 HP and a top attack near 150 damage. Ultra-rare Raikou variants like this occasionally turned up in constructed decks during their era, though seldom as a deck's centerpiece.

09Card Moves and Abilities

Dig Claws Cost: Colorless + Colorless · 30 damage

Thunder Cost: Lightning + Lightning + Colorless + Colorless · 150 damage

Flip a coin. If tails, this Pokémon does 50 damage to itself.

Thunderous Rain-GX Cost: Lightning + Lightning + Lightning + Lightning

This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon that has any Energy attached to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Weakness: Fighting ×2
Resistance: Metal -20
Retreat cost: 1

10Grading and Population

PSA 10 estimate: Modern Common/Uncommon — most copies are not graded because raw value rarely justifies the fee.

Graded populations stay low; usually collected raw or sleeved rather than slabbed.

Other graders: Negligible BGS/CGC submission volume.

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