Pokémon · EX
Lotad
Crystal Guardians · #55 · Common · 2006
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From
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Market reference
$0.81
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 55 / 100
- Release year
- 2006
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lombre
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 270
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Lotad 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 (Rolling Tackle) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Lotad
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.63 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Lotad?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Aqua Lift
If Lotad has any Water Energy attached to it, the Retreat Cost for Lotad is 0.
CCRolling Tackle — 20
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.23 | $0.75 | $19.98 | $0.81 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $29.89 | $125.95 | $324.33 | $13.69 | $125.95 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/08| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.20 |
| 30-day average | €0.31 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.28 |
| reverseHoloSell | €4.02 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.37 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.59 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.77 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Lotad is real?
Lotad 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 Lotad worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Lotad is $0.81; 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 Lotad from?
Lotad is from the Pokémon set "Crystal Guardians" in the EX series, released in 2006.
What rarity is Lotad?
Lotad is a Common card in the Crystal Guardians set.
Other Lotad printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
