Pokémon · Black & White
Lampent
Next Destinies · #19 · Uncommon · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.29
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Litwick
- Evolves to
- Chandelure
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 608
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Lampent plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Ember) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Litwick; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Lampent
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.86 copies on average · 272 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.0%
- -6.2 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Lampent?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It arrives near the moment of death and steals spirit from the body."
RCEmber — 40
Flip a coin. If tails, discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Lampent was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Lampent has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Lampent — Pitch Black
Played in 251 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/08/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.29 | $19.98 | $0.29 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.19 | $0.60 | $19.98 | $0.57 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.39 |
| 7-day average | €0.23 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.24 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.65 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.75 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.63 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.73 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Lampent is real?
Lampent is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Lampent worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Lampent is $0.29; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Lampent from?
Lampent is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Lampent?
Lampent is a Uncommon card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Lampent printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
