Lanturn 40/115 · Unseen Forces

Lanturn is Pokédex #171, generation 2 (Johto). Lanturn is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Chinchou. In this catalog that name is Chinchou (#170).

Lanturn sits at 40/115 in Unseen Forces, position 42 of 145. Before it is 39 Granbull, and after it is 41 Magcargo. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Energy Stream lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Search your discard pile for a basic Energy card and attach it to Lanturn. Take Down is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Lanturn does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Lanturn (#171) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lanturn 38/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 16 other cards of Lanturn list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unseen Forces set binder is where a full Unseen Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lanturn can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.