# Lapras ex #99/109 — Ruby & Sapphire

## Summary

Lapras has been a Gen I favorite since its Kanto days, a gentle ferry of a Pokémon that people grew attached to on early playthroughs. As an early ex from the first Ruby & Sapphire era, it's a modest mid-tier pull, so demand rests on nostalgia and Hikaru Koike's name. At a $207 modelled guide, up 146% on asks over 7 days on 49 copies traded in 30 days, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.56 out of Perfect Order; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $27,000 and a 2% observed gem rate putting about $480 of expected profit per submission.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Ruby & Sapphire |
| Number | 99/109 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Hikaru Koike |
| Release date | 2003-07-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| Suffix | ex |
| HP | 110 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Energy Ball | cost Water — damage 10+ — Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Lapras ex but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way. |
| Attack: Confuse Ray | cost Water/Water/Colorless — damage 30 — The Defending Pokémon is now Confused. |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Lapras #131](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/lapras) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$206.79** (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: +146.40% · 7d change: +146.40% — as of 2026-11-10
- Floor delivered ask: $186.98 — as of 2026-11-10T22:36:00.739Z
- Quant score: 63/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-10T22:36:00.739Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 44% weight · -28% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-09T08:31:25.793Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-09T08:31:25.649Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-05T20:17:58.943Z, confidence 85%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-10T07:59:40.538Z, confidence 75%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-09T08:31:25.649Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-10T00:05:05.583Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/ruby-sapphire/lapras-ex-99)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex1-99%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)