Lusamine

Nihilego, Ultra Space and the Ultra games

Lusamine takes Nebby back and uses it to tear open Ultra Wormholes across Alola and steps through one with Guzma. Lillie and the player follow on Solgaleo or Lunala, and in Ultra Deep Sea she catches a Nihilego in a Beast Ball and lets it merge with her body. Her team there is Clefable, Lilligant, Mismagius, Milotic and Bewear. Once she loses, Nebby forces her and Nihilego apart.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon drop the fusion. She battles the player at Aether Paradise, later tumbles out of an Ultra Wormhole with Guzma just before Necrozma appears, and after the story she can return to the Pokémon League for Title Defense battles.

Lusamine on cards: Crimson Invasion and a Supporter loop

Her Supporter card debuted in Crimson Invasion (2017). It lets a player take any two Supporter or Stadium cards, in any mix, from the discard pile into hand. Crimson Invasion printed it as an Uncommon (#96, illustrated by take) and a full-art Ultra Rare (#110, Megumi Mizutani), and Ultra Prism (2018) added an Ultra Rare by You Iribi (#153). Two copies could recycle each other indefinitely, so the card was banned from the Expanded format from February 15, 2019 until March 5, 2021.

Cards to know

• Lusamine (Crimson Invasion #96)

  The standard Uncommon printing of her Supporter, illustrated by take.

• Lusamine (Crimson Invasion #110)

  The full-art Ultra Rare from her debut set, drawn by Megumi Mizutani.

• Lusamine (Ultra Prism #153)

  A later Ultra Rare with new art by You Iribi.