# Dark Raichu #83/82 — Team Rocket

## Summary

Dark Raichu came from the set that introduced the Rocket-corrupted Pokémon, and Raichu has always carried the weight of being Pikachu's evolution. Arita is the artist most associated with early Pokémon card art, and as a non-holo Rare it was a modest pull whose appeal rests on its nostalgia. The modelled guide sits at $143, up 2% over 30 days on 75 copies traded, with only 20 days of inventory on the board; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket |
| Number | 83/82 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2000-04-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Pikachu |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Attack: Surprise Thunder | cost Lightning/Lightning/Lightning — damage 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.) |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Raichu #026](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/raichu) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$143.36** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-12
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: 0.00% · 7d change: +10.30% — as of 2026-11-12
- Floor delivered ask: $126.82 — as of 2026-11-13T01:11:34.420Z
- Quant score: 64/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-13T01:11:34.420Z — 6 of 11 inputs · 66% weight · -17% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-04-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-13T01:07:56.496Z, confidence 90%
- Open auction — observed 2026-09-07T09:01:27.840Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-13T01:07:56.496Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-06T02:52:04.187Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-13T01:07:56.496Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-08T20:57:52.316Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket/dark-raichu-83)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase5-83%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)