This card was released in the Call of Legends expansion as both a Rare Holofoil card, with artwork by Ryo Ueda, and a Shiny Rare Holofoil card, with artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki. The Rare Holofoil print was created for the Call of Legends expansion. In Japan, during the months of May and June 2010, those who bought two LEGEND series booster packs were entered into a drawing to win one of one thousand sets of the Shiny Rare Holofoil print of Lugia and Ho-Oh.
Although Lugia is Psychic/Flying in the games, it is depicted here as a Water-type Pokémon. Interestingly, unlike most other part-Flying Pokémon, it has previously been depicted as a Colorless-type just as often as it has as a Psychic-type.
