Lugia 140/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Lugia is 140/189, in position 140 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 139 Ursaring, and after it is 141 Skitty. The listed rarity is Rare.

Lugia is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lugia (#249), generation 2 (Johto).

Hasuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 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 lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hasuno illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

The attack Gust lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Energy Loop is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Put an Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said to be the guardian of the seas. It is rumored to have been seen on the night of a storm." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze 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.