Lugia-EX BW83/101 · BW Black Star Promos

BW Black Star Promos is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on March 1, 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. Lugia-EX is BW83/101, in position 83 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is BW82 Deoxys-EX, and after it is BW84 Porygon-Z. The listed rarity is Promo.

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

Toyste Beach illustrated this card. The same name is on 284 other cards in the catalog.

Lugia (#249) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 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 Promo. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Toyste Beach illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

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.

I keep a set binder for BW Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BW Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lugia can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.