Lugia-EX 108/135 · Plasma Storm

Lugia is Pokédex #249, generation 2 (Johto). Lugia-EX is a Basic EX Team Plasma Colorless Pokémon with 180 HP.

Lugia-EX sits at 108/135 in Plasma Storm, position 108 of 138. Before it is 107 Exploud, and after it is 109 Skitty. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Overflow is listed as Ability. If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from an attack of this Pokémon, take 1 more Prize card. The attack Plasma Gale lists 120 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Plasma Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you can't discard a Plasma Energy, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Lugia (#249) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Lugia 9/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Lugia, while this one is Lugia-EX. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Toyste Beach illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Toyste Beach. I count 284 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Storm set binder is where a full Plasma Storm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lugia can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Plasma and All Lugia cards. I still need this card.