The Story
Thunder Across the Frame
Raikou ★ crackles with electric energy in Fukuda's dynamic illustration, the Thunder Pokémon's body surging beyond the card frame as lightning arcs around it. The shiny form replaces Raikou's standard yellow with a deeper, golden-orange tone that gives the beast a fiercer presence.
Among the beasts trio, Raikou occupies the middle ground in both popularity and price. It lacks Suicune's iconic Crystal version connection and Entei's Spell of the Unown fame, but the Electric typing gives the shiny form a particularly striking appearance.
Like its beast companions, Raikou ★ has a relatively healthy PSA 10 population, keeping prices in the $5,000 range — expensive by normal standards, but a bargain in Gold Star context.
Raikou Gold Star brings the thunder — literally. Fukuda's electric energy practically leaps off the card.
