Lugia VSTAR 211/195 · Silver Tempest

Lugia is Pokédex #249, generation 2 (Johto). Lugia VSTAR is a VSTAR Colorless Pokémon with 280 HP. The card says it evolves from Lugia V. In this catalog that name is Lugia (#249).

Lugia VSTAR sits at 211/195 in Silver Tempest, position 211 of 215. Before it is 210 Serperior VSTAR, and after it is 212 Energy Switch. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 195. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Summoning Star is listed as Ability. During your turn, you may put up to 2 Colorless Pokémon that don't have a Rule Box from your discard pile onto your Bench. (Pokémon V, Pokémon-GX, etc. have Rule Boxes.) (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.) The attack Tempest Dive lists 220 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a Stadium in play. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

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 is named Lugia, while this one is Lugia VSTAR. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 280 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Lugia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads PLANETA Mochizuki. I count 131 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Silver Tempest set binder is where a full Silver Tempest 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 Giant Pokémon and All Lugia cards. I still need this card.