Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Lugia ex
Prismatic Evolutions · #82 · Double Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$1.47
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 82 / 180
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Double Rare
- HP
- 220
- Subtype
- Basic · ex
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 249
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 140 damage
- 46.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Lugia ex 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 (Hyper Whirlpool) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 140 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥110 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Lugia ex
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥110 damage one-shots it.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.06 copies on average · 17 decks
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.
Bouffalant
in 84% of decks · 16 seen
Lively Stadium
in 79% of decks · 15 seen
Precious Trolley
in 95% of decks · 18 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 79% of decks · 15 seen
Mist Energy
in 53% of decks · 10 seen
Mega Kangaskhan ex
in 84% of decks · 16 seen
Latias ex
in 84% of decks · 16 seen
Pokégear 3.0
in 68% of decks · 13 seen
Building around Lugia ex?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CCCHyper Whirlpool — 140
Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Lugia ex or Prismatic Evolutions.
SEASAC League Challenge #4 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Jul 29, 2026
PokeMagee Weekly #12 (36 codes winner)
Jul 29, 2026
Zard-Pokénight #011
Jul 29, 2026
REFINE Summer Series Session 5: Pika Cinco
Jul 29, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #5 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Jul 30, 2026
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Jul 30, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Lugia ex was legal.
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #63 PTCG Live
today
Pudding Weekly #6 | Funky Ehh
today
Pitch Black Tourney - Last Prize Series #10
today
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #15 • TCG Live | Booster Box
today
👑 CrownOfSpain 👑 #3 (10€ paypal)
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
8
ran Lugia ex
Tournaments scanned
296
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 7th
Top decks running Lugia ex
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.84 | $1.52 | $99.90 | $1.47 | — |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Lugia ex is real?
Lugia ex 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 Lugia ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Lugia ex is $1.47; 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 Lugia ex from?
Lugia ex is from the Pokémon set "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Lugia ex?
Lugia ex is a Double Rare card in the Prismatic Evolutions set.
Other Lugia ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
