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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the LEGEND era.
Within the LEGEND era of the Japanese Pokémon TCG, Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) is a deck product released on November 20, 2009, under the set code B. It sits between the Arceus LV.X deck of mid-2009 and the Steelix Constructed Standard Deck of early 2010. The catalog lists 11 printings, a small run built around a ready-to-play list. Pikachu, Lucario and Raichu are its headline cards, with Plusle, Riolu and Minun filling out the supporting cast, and Poke Ball and Pokemon Reversal supplying the trainer staples.
Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) was released November 20, 2009.
Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) has 11 cards.
Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) is part of the LEGEND era.
Pikachu, at $15.00, as of October 22, 2026.
As a deck product, Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) has no rarity ladder or secret cards above a printed count, so the chase is simply the best-ranked cards in the list. Pikachu holds the top spot among its most valuable cards, followed by Lucario in 2nd and Raichu in 3rd. Plusle and Riolu come next, with Minun, Poke Ball and Pokemon Reversal behind them. With so few cards on the card list, interest gathers around the Pikachu, Lucario and Raichu trio, the cards that give the deck its identity.
As of October 2026, the clearest comparison for Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) is with its neighbours. It followed Arceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic, released July 8, 2009, and came before L2: Steelix Constructed Standard Deck, released February 11, 2010. Its cards also reached English players: seven of them are shared with Unleashed, which came out on May 12, 2010. The Japanese deck arrived first, 5 months earlier.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setBattle Starter Deck (Raichu) | Previous setArceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic | Next setL2: Steelix Constructed Standard Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Nov 20, 2009 | Jul 8, 2009 | Feb 11, 2010 |
| Cards | 11 | 17 | 19 |
| Master set value | ≥ $50.36 | ≥ $194.95 | ≥ $28.49 |
| Most valuable card price | $15.00 | $85.34 | $5.00 |
| Priced cards | 9 of 11 | 11 of 17 | 8 of 19 |
Battle Starter Deck (Raichu) has 11 catalog printings, of which 9 are priced, so a full run is a short list rather than a long hunt. Because the cards that matter are few, with Pikachu, Lucario and Raichu leading, the cost of a complete set rests on those three far more than on the trainers and supporting Pokémon around them. Completing the run means tracking down each of the 11 printings, including the two that do not yet carry a price.
PikachuBattle Starter Deck (Raichu) · 001$15.00—N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.