# Lugia #9/111 — Neo Genesis

## Summary

Lugia was the Neo Genesis cover Pokémon, and its holo is the pull that defined that set's chase for kids opening packs in the first Gold and Silver wave. Elemental Blast demanded costly discards, so play stayed casual and demand is nostalgia-driven. The modelled guide sits at $527, down 1% over 30 days on 46 copies traded, with 119 days of inventory on the board; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Neo Genesis |
| Number | 9/111 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Hironobu Yoshida |
| Release date | 2000-12-16 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 90 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Attack: Elemental Blast | cost Fire/Water/Lightning — damage 90 — Discard a Energy card, a Energy card, and a Energy card attached to Lugia in order to use this attack. |
| Weakness | Psychic ×2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Lugia #249](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/lugia) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$526.98** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-10
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: +98.20% · 7d change: 0.00% — as of 2026-11-10
- Floor delivered ask: $604.99 — as of 2026-11-11T00:31:33.296Z
- Quant score: 27/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-11T03:13:26.555Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 55% weight · -22% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-12-16T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-10T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-11T03:00:55.297Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-09T16:27:16.160Z, confidence 85%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-11T03:00:55.673Z, confidence 80%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-11T03:00:55.297Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-18T18:58:17.760Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/neo-genesis/lugia-9)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aneo1-9%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)