Lapras HGSS14/25 · HGSS Black Star Promos

HGSS Black Star Promos is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. Lapras is HGSS14/25, in position 14 of 25 on this checklist. Before it is HGSS13 Smoochum, and after it is HGSS15 Shuckle. The listed rarity is Promo.

Lapras is a Basic Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lapras (#131), generation 1 (Kanto).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Lapras (#131) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 36 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Lapras 10/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 47 other cards of Lapras list a different HP.

The attack Ferry lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Search your discard pile for a Supporter card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Surf is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It ferries people across the sea on its back. It may sing an enchanting cry if it is in a good mood."

I keep a set binder for HGSS Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HGSS Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lapras can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.