Lucario 77/135 · Plasma Storm

Plasma Storm is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. Lucario is 77/135, in position 77 of 138 on this checklist. Before it is 76 Riolu, and after it is 78 Lucario. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Lucario is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lucario (#448), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Riolu. In this catalog that name is Riolu (#447).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Lucario (#448) has 59 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 40 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Lucario 6/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. 50 other cards of Lucario list a different HP.

The attack Kick lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Mach Cross is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A well-trained one can sense auras to identify and take in the feelings of creatures over half a mile away."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lucario can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.