No. 249 · Johto · Flying/Psychic
Lugia cards
Lugia is a Flying/Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 249 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2000 to 2025. These are its cards ranked by the artwork itself rather than by set order, so the illustrations worth looking at come first instead of whichever set happened to print last.
They span 24 sets, from Neo Genesis to Prismatic Evolutions. 24 illustrators have drawn it, most often Toyste Beach, 5ban Graphics and PLANETA Igarashi. It has been printed as Basic, BREAK and VSTAR.
- Cards
- 37
- Sets
- 24since Neo Genesis
- Illustrators
- 24most by Toyste Beach
- Printed
- 2000–2025
- Printed as
- Basic, BREAK, VSTAR
- HP on card
- 80–280
Who draws Lugia
24 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Lugia cards each holds.
- Silver Tempest6
- Lost Thunder3
- Ancient Origins2
- Call of Legends2
- Fates Collide2
- HeartGold SoulSilver2
- Plasma Storm2
- Unseen Forces2
- Aquapolis1
- BW Black Star Promos1
Rarity
Rare13Ultra Rare8Promo4Holo Rare3Secret Rare3LEGEND2
Questions
- How many Lugia cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 37 Lugia cards, printed between 2000 and 2025 across 24 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Lugia card has the best artwork?
- That is what this page is ordered by. Rather than sorting by set or rarity, Illudex reads each illustration with a vision model and ranks them, so the most striking Lugia artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Lugia cards?
- 24 illustrators have drawn Lugia. Toyste Beach has done the most at 4, followed by 5ban Graphics and PLANETA Igarashi. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Lugia card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Neo Genesis, released in 2000. 13 of its 37 cards are Rare.