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Dark Raichu
Oracle Text
Attack Surprise Thunder (30): Flip a coin. If heads, flip another coin. If the second coin is heads, this attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If the second coin is tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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Character Background
Dark Raichu from Team Rocket is a classic prize-swinging Lightning attacker that rewards a tempo-to-combo game plan, especially in decks that want to punish setup benches rather than just trade into the Active. Surprise Thunder is only 30 damage up front, but the real pressure comes from the bench splash: even the lower result chips every opposing Benched Pokémon, while the high roll threatens a brutal 20 to each, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. That makes Dark Raichu strongest when paired with effects that force extra Basic Pokémon into play or keep damage spread relevant; cards that increase bench size on both sides can backfire, so build to exploit the opponent’s expansion rather than mirror it. In deckbuilding, combine it with steady Energy acceleration and pivot attackers so Raichu can come down, threaten the bench, and then reposition before being answered. Thematically, it feels like a volatile Team Rocket experiment—small upfront shock, then chaos rippling through the whole field.
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Character Background
Dark Raichu from Team Rocket is a classic prize-swinging Lightning attacker that rewards a tempo-to-combo game plan, especially in decks that want to punish setup benches rather than just trade into the Active. Surprise Thunder is only 30 damage up front, but the real pressure comes from the bench splash: even the lower result chips every opposing Benched Pokémon, while the high roll threatens a brutal 20 to each, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. That makes Dark Raichu strongest when paired with effects that force extra Basic Pokémon into play or keep damage spread relevant; cards that increase bench size on both sides can backfire, so build to exploit the opponent’s expansion rather than mirror it. In deckbuilding, combine it with steady Energy acceleration and pivot attackers so Raichu can come down, threaten the bench, and then reposition before being answered. Thematically, it feels like a volatile Team Rocket experiment—small upfront shock, then chaos rippling through the whole field.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-07-29 08:20:44 UTC