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Raikou
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Rare: usually one per pack, often shiny.
What it's worth
Near Mint market price- HoloThe picture of the Pokémon is shiny.$26.21▲ $0.19 this month🛒 Buy: about $26.21 · from $26.00 ↗💵 Sell: about $16.54
- Reverse holoShine on the background, not the picture.$21.31▲ $0.76 this month🛒 Buy: about $21.31 · from $10.00 ↗💵 Sell: about $13.35
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From TCGplayer. Updated Nov 14, 2026. Buying one costs about the market price. Selling one gets you less: shops pay about two thirds, and selling online has fees and postage. Every price and where it came from is below.
Market prices
TCGplayer US dollars
Updated Nov 14, 2026| Kind | Market | Low | Mid | High | Direct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holo | $26.21 | $26.00 | $173.97 | $399.48 | — |
| Reverse holo | $21.31 | $10.00 | $13.85 | $210.00 | — |
"Market" is what it recently sold for. Low, mid, and high are current listings.
See it on TCGplayer ↗Cardmarket euros, Europe
Updated Nov 14, 2026| Measure | Normal | Holo / reverse |
|---|---|---|
| Trend | €14.21≈ $15.70 | €7.40 |
| Average sale | €11.98 | €7.11 |
| Lowest listing | €0.98 | €0.98 |
| 1-day average | €6.50 | €11.95 |
| 7-day average | €9.57 | €5.15 |
| 30-day average | €14.21 | €7.22 |
Values are estimates based on recent market data, not offers to buy or sell.
Price over time
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About this card
L LightningHP 80Basic
Once during your turn (before your attack), when you attach a Lightning Energy card from your hand to Raikou, you may put 1 damage counter on 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.
Discard 3 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each Lightning Energy card you discarded. Then, attach those Lightning Energy cards to 1 of your Pokémon.
- Weakness
- F +20
- Resistance
- M -20
- Retreat
- CC
“It is said to have fallen with lightning. It can fire thunderbolts from the rain clouds on its back.”
Special printings
This card was also printed in these versions. Look for the stamp or foil pattern on yours.
- Holo
- Reverse holo
- Holo · Cracked Ice foil
- Number
- 16 / 132
- Released
- November 1, 2007
- Illustrator
- Ryo Ueda
- Category
- Pokémon
- Pokédex number
- #0243 · every Raikou card
- Tournament play
- Not tournament legal