Dark Raichu - Pokemon Team Rocket #83
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Dark Raichu
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Dark Raichu Card Facts & History
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Card History
Dark Raichu is one of the most legendary oddities of the Wizards of the Coast era because it was the first Secret card ever inserted into a Pokémon TCG expansion, numbered 83/82 in Team Rocket.
Set Lore
This card feels especially mysterious to collectors because Dark Raichu was created specifically for the English Team Rocket set by Wizards of the Coast rather than appearing in the original Japanese release first.
Card History
Dark Raichu is famous for a real printing quirk: its original card text says “Put Raichu on the Basic Pokémon” instead of “Put Dark Raichu on the Basic Pokémon,” a mistake later corrected in Legendary Collection.
Artist
Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated Dark Raichu, giving this secret rare extra prestige since Arita is one of the foundational artists whose work helped define the earliest visual identity of the Pokémon TCG.
In-Game
The card’s flavor text mirrors Raichu’s official Pokédex portrayal as a Pokémon that stores electricity and releases it suddenly, which makes the chaotic coin-flip attack Surprise Thunder feel perfectly on-brand for Raichu’s explosive personality.