>>55745617Pretty well, but it also gets the Kanto bonus and the "related to Pikachu" bonus. Notably it got me into actually playing the game. I went to a tourney with a friend purely to try and trade with the players, and saw someone using Raichu V in their Miraidon deck. Finding out it was viable tipped me in favor of building my first deck and it's been an essential component ever since. While it's disappointing that it never got an alt art in the SwSh era, at least it got a cute IR in Paldea Evolved. Technically I can't say for sure Raichu is my favorite though as it's more or less tied with Reuniclus. Luckily Temporal Forces FINALLY delivered on a nice card for the blobby boi, although it's not competitively viable.
Always surprised by Noivern's middling popularity. It's a cool dragon and easily my favorite Kalos-mon. Glad it keeps getting stellar cards and I hope its fringe viability is enough to get it some sort of SIR reprint in a later special set.
