Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Lunatone
Celestial Storm · #61 · Rare Holo · 2018
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Market reference
$0.50
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 61 / 187
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 337
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Lunatone 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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.
- Seen in 6% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Lunatone
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 6% of decks
- 2.01 copies on average · 194 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.3%
- -0.5 pts vs the 47.8% 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 Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Lunatone?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It was discovered at the site of a meteor strike 40 years ago. Its stare can lull its foes to sleep."
Ability: Sol Shade
If you have Solrock in play, Fire Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) have no Abilities, except Pokémon-GX and Pokémon-EX.
PPsyshock — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Lunatone was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Lunatone has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Lunatone — Mega Evolution
Played in 1,945 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 2026/06/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.30 | $0.50 | $18.80 | $0.50 | $0.49 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.35 | $0.59 | $17.66 | $0.52 | $0.44 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.25 |
| 7-day average | €0.79 |
| 30-day average | €0.79 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €0.84 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.86 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.78 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.25 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.80 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Lunatone is real?
Lunatone 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 Lunatone worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Lunatone is $0.50; 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 Lunatone from?
Lunatone is from the Pokémon set "Celestial Storm" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Lunatone?
Lunatone is a Rare Holo card in the Celestial Storm set.
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Other Lunatone printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
