Lugia (Neo Genesis 9)

Lugia LV.45 ルギア Lugia

Illus. Hironobu Yoshida

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Lugia Type Colorless HP 90 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion Neo Genesis Rarity English card no. 9/111 Japanese expansion Gold, Silver, to a New World... Japanese rarity For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Lugia.

Lugia (Japanese: ルギア Lugia) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Neo Genesis expansion.

Card text

Elemental Blast エレメンタルブラスト 90

Discard a Energy card, a Energy card, and a Energy card attached to Lugia in order to use this attack.

Pokédex data

Lugia - Diving Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
249	17'1" (5.2 m)	476 lbs. (216 kg)
Pokédex entry
It is said that it quietly spends its time deep at the bottom of the sea because its powers are too strong.
強すぎる能力を持つため、深い海の底で静かにときを過ごすと伝えられる。

Trivia

This card's attack was the first in the TCG that required three different kinds of Energy to use.

Origin

Elemental Blast is a direct reference to Lugia's role as the leader of the legendary birds, requiring one Energy each of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres's TCG types to use. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.