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Dark Raichu 83 from Team Rocket

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83 • Team Rocket

Dark Raichu

Dark Raichu is a Rare Raichu print from Team Rocket in the Base era. Use this page to confirm the exact release, card facts, and the other Raichu prints most likely to be confused with it.

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Release
Apr 24, 2000
Era
Base
Form
Dark Raichu
Market
$251.68
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Card facts

Set

Team Rocket

Series

Base

Artist

Mitsuhiro Arita

Card number

83

HP

70

Types

Lightning

Stage / suffix

Stage1

Evolves from

Pikachu

Available languages

English, French, German

Printed in set

82 official / 83 total

How to identify this print

Dark Raichu 83 is best verified by matching the set name, collector number, rarity, and visible finish before comparing prices or buying a copy.

Match the set stamp

Team Rocket is the release context to confirm first; many Raichu listings reuse similar names across different sets.

Check number and rarity

83 and Rare narrow this to the correct print, especially when holo, promo, or premium-art treatments look similar.

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Context links

If you are checking this copy against similar Raichu cards, the set, era, and form views give the clearest side-by-side context for identifying close variants.

Set page
Team Rocket
Team Rocket released on Apr 24, 2000 and includes 1 Raichu print, making it useful for confirming the exact set, collector number, and release context of each card.
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Era page
Base
The Base era spans 4 Raichu prints across 4 sets, from Jan 9, 1999 to Apr 24, 2000, and shows how Raichu changed across that release window.
4 cardsExplore
Form page
Dark Raichu
Dark Raichu appears on 2 Raichu card prints across 2 sets, which makes it a clear sub-collection for collectors chasing a specific Raichu variant.
2 cardsExplore

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