The reason this line is slightly worse than the 2 Pikachu setup is that if your hand gets disrupted somehow (e.g., your opponent breaks the lock with an Escape Rope or similar, and then plays N), you now have 2 pieces you need to find from your deck (Raichu and the Devolution Spray)
It can draw cards, tutor key combo pieces, protect its board, double tokens, Stax out opponents, and even turn the smallest advantages into bona fide win conditions
Magic: the Gathering, now owned by the Hasbro subsidy Wizards of the Coast, released its first cards in 1993
T he Bandai copyright line shows a later year (e.g., 2001) in the bottom-right
Netizens chimed in with reactions like, "That's easily $8,000," "Its value goes way beyond money," and "This belongs in a museum!" And they're not wrong a first-gen Pokmon game in such immaculate, unopened condition, plus a misprint