Lugia 9/111 · Neo Genesis

Lugia is Pokédex #249, generation 2 (Johto). Lugia is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 45.

Lugia sits at 9/111 in Neo Genesis, position 9 of 111. Before it is 8 Kingdra, and after it is 10 Meganium. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on December 16, 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Elemental Blast lists 90 damage. The cost is Fire, Water, Lightning. Discard a Fire Energy card, a Water Energy card, and a Lightning Energy card attached to Lugia in order to use this attack. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said that it quietly spends its time deep at the bottom of the sea, because its powers are too strong."

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 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Lugia 20/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Aya Kusube illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hironobu Yoshida. I count 38 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Genesis set binder is where a full Neo Genesis 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). I still need this card.