All this aside, I do like the card itself as well and have used it in quite a few decks
In the TCG, this was the first Raichu card ever printed, and though a new version would arrive in the Fossil expansion a few years later, it featured inferior artwork to the original and did not demand the hefty price tag that this version of the card does
This Stage 2 ex is a machine, dealing out 160 damage for just one Energy, and at the same time able to rescue another three Energies from the discard pile to power up your bench
Beyond getting new staples, these players also get to enjoy a fantastic suite of reprints that appear as Box Toppers
It used to be that you got a certain number of promos depending on how many Ikoria packs you bought on MTGA, or you earned them by playing the Ikoria draft events on Arena's schedule
I do like playing those decks more