Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Lapras
Team Up · #31 · Rare · 2019
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Market reference
$2.20
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 31 / 198
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 131
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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 Lapras 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.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Lapras
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Lapras?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It likes swimming around with people on its back. In the Alola region, it's an important means of transportation over water."
WConfuse Ray
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
CHydro Pump — 10+
This attack does 30 more damage times the amount of Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Lapras was legal.
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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.99 | $2.50 | $39.99 | $2.20 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $5.00 | $6.58 | $50.00 | $6.65 | $49.52 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/04/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.70 |
| 30-day average | €0.95 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.84 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.46 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.27 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.96 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.73 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.19 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.27 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Lapras is real?
Lapras 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 Lapras worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Lapras is $2.20; 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 Lapras from?
Lapras is from the Pokémon set "Team Up" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Lapras?
Lapras is a Rare card in the Team Up set.
Other Lapras printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
