Lapras 79/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Lapras is 79/127, in position 79 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 78 Kricketot, and after it is 80 Lickitung. The listed rarity is Common.

Lapras is a Basic Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 41. In the Pokédex this is Lapras (#131), generation 1 (Kanto).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 45 other cards of Lapras list a different HP.

The attack Grind lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage times the amount of Energy attached to Lapras. Ice Beam is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Metal +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It loves crossing the sea with people and Pokémon on its back. It understands human speech."

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lapras can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.