Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Lugia ex
Prismatic Evolutions · #82 · Double Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$1.47
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 82 / 180
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Double Rare
- HP
- 220
- Subtype
- Basic · ex
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 249
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 140 damage
- 46.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Lugia ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Hyper Whirlpool) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 140 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥110 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Lugia ex
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥110 damage one-shots it.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.13 copies on average · 32 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.5%
- -11.8 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.
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in 50% of decks · 15 seen
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in 87% of decks · 26 seen
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in 77% of decks · 23 seen
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in 37% of decks · 11 seen
Smoochum
in 50% of decks · 15 seen
Precious Trolley
in 87% of decks · 26 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 73% of decks · 22 seen
Mist Energy
in 63% of decks · 19 seen
Building around Lugia ex?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CCCHyper Whirlpool — 140
Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Lugia ex was legal.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
12
ran Lugia ex
Tournaments scanned
298
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Lugia ex
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.84 | $1.52 | $99.90 | $1.47 | — |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Lugia ex is real?
Lugia ex 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 Lugia ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Lugia ex is $1.47; 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 Lugia ex from?
Lugia ex is from the Pokémon set "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Lugia ex?
Lugia ex is a Double Rare card in the Prismatic Evolutions set.
Other Lugia ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
