Pokémon · EX

Lunatone

Legend Maker · #20 · Rare · 2006

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Card facts

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Set position: 20 / 93
Release year: 2006
Rarity: Rare
HP: 60
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Hisao Nakamura
Pokédex #: 337
Series: EX

Card analysis

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Primary role: Search / Tutor
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

AttackerStatus Conditions

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 search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
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 ≥30 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 — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
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 · 3034 decks
Match win rate: 45.3%; -2.1 pts vs the 47.3% 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.

Drilbur

in 15% of decks · 457 seen

Riolu

in 1% of decks · 16 seen

Okidogi

in 4% of decks · 132 seen

Charcadet

in 2% of decks · 59 seen

Ceruledge

in 1% of decks · 22 seen

Makuhita

in 43% of decks · 1300 seen

Solrock

in 100% of decks · 3034 seen

Hariyama

in 43% of decks · 1300 seen

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About this card

HP: 60Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

Poké-Body: Sol Shade

As long as you have Solrock in play, each player's Fire Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex) can't use any Poké-Powers.

CMoon Guidance

Search your deck for a Trainer card (excluding Supporter cards), show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

PPsyshock — 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness:P×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).

Recent decks

ran Lunatone

Tournaments scanned

287

past 30 days

Competitive note

Occasional competitive appearance.

1 top-cut deck · best finish 7th

Top decks running Lunatone

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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	$1.01	$1.98	$96.95	$2.52	$30.18
Reverse Holofoil	$26.24	$35.50	$299.60	$24.74	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€2.25
7-day average	€7.71
30-day average	€3.38
Low	€0.30
Trend price	€6.62
Low (excellent+)	€1.00
Reverse holo low	€3.87
reverseHoloAvg1	€9.38
Reverse holo 7-day	€9.73
reverseHoloSell	€8.85
averageSellPrice	€5.84
Reverse holo 30-day	€9.02
Reverse holo trend	€8.95

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 $2.52; 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 "Legend Maker" in the EX series, released in 2006.

What rarity is Lunatone?

Lunatone is a Rare card in the Legend Maker set.