Lugia 2/17 · POP Series 5

Lugia is Pokédex #249, generation 2 (Johto). Lugia is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP.

Lugia sits at 2/17 in POP Series 5, position 2 of 17. Before it is 1 Ho-Oh, and after it is 3 Mew δ. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on March 1, 2007. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Super Psy Bolt lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Aerowing is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Before doing damage, you may flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, this attack does 60 damage instead. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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 lists 90 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 5 set binder is where a full POP Series 5 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.