Pokémon · Platinum
Lotad
Platinum · #81 · Common · 2009
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$0.30
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 81 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lombre
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 270
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- 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
Strategy & play
How Lotad 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.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass 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.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.5 copies on average · 6 decks
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Lotad?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can't swim."
CEnergy Ball — 10+
Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Lotad but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.
GSynthesis
Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Grass Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Weakness:L+10
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.09 | $0.30 | $5.00 | $0.30 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $8.99 | $38.10 | $44.59 | $3.06 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.46 |
| 7-day average | €0.18 |
| 30-day average | €0.11 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.03 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.43 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.26 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.94 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.40 |
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 $0.30; 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 "Platinum" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Lotad?
Lotad is a Common card in the Platinum set.
Other Lotad printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
