Legend Maker / #19/92

Lanturn

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Legend Maker
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno
Source reference: ex12-19

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Lanturn illuminates the ocean depths with the antenna on its head. Bacteria there react with its bodily fluids and produce light visible even from the surface. It uses this to dazzle prey before delivering an electric shock. Sailors looking at the sea at night may mistake these lights for underwater stars. Its nickname, the “Deep-Sea Star”, thus comes from a hunting tool becoming a distant spectacle.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword states that Lanturn’s light remains visible at the surface while it swims 5,000 metres deep. Pokémon Ultra Sun attributes this brightness to bacteria in its antenna. In the Pokédex, the phenomenon relies on a relationship with other living beings.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Lightning
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Chinchou
Pokédex number: 171
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Abilities

Dual Armor

Poke-BODY

As long as Lanturn has any Water Energy attached to it, Lanturn is both Water and Lightning type.

Attacks

Razor Fin

Cost: Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 30

Water Gun

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40+

Does 40 damage plus 20 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Lanturn but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more then 40 damage in this way.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

Normal
normal · standard
normal · standard · set-logo

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