Lugia 78/124 · Fates Collide

Fates Collide is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 2, 2016. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 129 cards. Lugia is 78/124, in position 80 of 129 on this checklist. Before it is 77 Snorlax, and after it is 79 Lugia BREAK. The listed rarity is Rare.

Lugia is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lugia (#249), generation 2 (Johto).

TOKIYA illustrated this card. The same name is on 93 other cards in the catalog.

Lugia (#249) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 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 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and TOKIYA illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

Pressure is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, any damage done by attacks from your opponent's Active Pokémon is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Intensifying Burn lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon-EX, this attack does 60 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. 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."

I keep a set binder for Fates Collide, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fates Collide set binder. 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 All Lugia cards. I still need this card.