Lanturn 52/195 · Silver Tempest

Silver Tempest is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. Lanturn is 52/195, in position 52 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Chinchou, and after it is 53 Rotom. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Lanturn is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lanturn (#171), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Chinchou. In this catalog that name is Chinchou (#170).

aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 18 other cards in the catalog.

Lanturn (#171) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lanturn 38/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and aoki illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Lanturn list a different HP.

The attack Ram lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning. Strong Volt is another attack lists 160 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The light it emits is so bright that it can illuminate the sea's surface from a depth of over three miles." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Silver Tempest, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Silver Tempest set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lanturn can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.