Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Lunatone
Darkness Ablaze · #72 · Uncommon · 2020
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.07
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 72 / 201
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
- Pokédex #
- 337
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Card Selection
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Lunatone plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card selection. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥45 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 Darkness weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
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 Miki Tanaka
This card was illustrated by Miki Tanaka.
Building around Lunatone?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The phase of the moon apparently has some effect on its power. It's active on the night of a full moon."
CFuture Sight
Look at the top 4 cards of either player's deck and put them back in any order.
PCPsychic — 20+
This attack does 20 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
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.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 weeks ago
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 2026/06/24| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $25.10 | $0.07 | $0.06 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.04 | $0.24 | $19.98 | $0.18 | $0.18 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.05 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.06 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.12 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.14 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.16 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.14 |
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 $0.07; 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 "Darkness Ablaze" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Lunatone?
Lunatone is a Uncommon card in the Darkness Ablaze set.
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Other Lunatone printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
