30th Celebration: The Lugia Deck at a Glance

The anniversary set 30th Celebration brings a deck built around Lugia. It does 250 damage, but needs three different Energy types that land in the discard pile after every attack. The answer to that is Blaziken ex.

The card: Lugia 121/128

Lugia 121/128 from Pokémon 30th Celebration
Lugia 121/128 from 30th Celebration.
  • Basic Pokémon, 120 HP, Colorless type
  • Its attack costs one Fire, one Water and one Lightning Energy and does 250 damage. Afterwards you discard one Fire, one Water and one Lightning Energy from Lugia.

The engine: Blaziken ex

Blaziken ex 024/159 from Journey Together
Blaziken ex 024/159 reattaches Energy from the discard pile.

Blaziken ex (Journey Together 024/159, 320 HP) has an Ability: once per turn, you attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to one of your Pokémon. With three Blaziken ex in play, Lugia gets all three Energy back in a single turn. Blaziken ex also attacks on its own for 200 damage, after which it cannot attack during your next turn. The fastest way to get it into play is Rare Candy.

Draw, lock, search

  • Dudunsparce (Prismatic Evolutions 080/131): its Ability draws 3 cards once per turn. Afterwards you shuffle Dudunsparce and all attached cards back into your deck.
  • Budew (Ascended Heroes 016/217): its attack stops your opponent from playing Item cards during their next turn. A good start from the Active Spot.
  • Crispin (Stellar Crown 133/142): searches for up to 2 Basic Energy of different types, one goes to your hand, the other straight onto a Pokémon.
  • Abenteuerlaterne (Delta Reign 090/103, German name): takes one Basic Fire and one Basic Lightning Energy from your deck into your hand.
  • Levincia, according to the source, recovers Lightning Energy from the discard pile.
Dudunsparce 080/131 from Prismatic Evolutions
Dudunsparce draws three cards every turn.
Budew 016/217 from Ascended Heroes
Budew locks your opponent's Items on the first turn.
Crispin 133/142 from Stellar Crown
Crispin searches two different Energy.
Abenteuerlaterne 090/103 from Delta Reign
This Item fetches Fire and Lightning.

The plan in three steps

You start with Budew Active and lock your opponent's Items. Meanwhile you bring Torchic, Combusken and Blaziken ex plus two Lugia into play and keep drawing with Dudunsparce. As soon as Lugia has Fire, Water and Lightning, it attacks for 250, and Blaziken ex reattaches the discarded Energy on the next turn.

The full deck list

Pokémon: 20

  • 4x Torchic (Destined Rivals)
  • 2x Combusken (Journey Together)
  • 3x Blaziken ex (Journey Together)
  • 2x Lugia (30th Celebration)
  • 3x Dunsparce (Prismatic Evolutions)
  • 2x Dudunsparce (Prismatic Evolutions)
  • 1x Moltres (Phantasmal Flames)
  • 1x Budew (Ascended Heroes)
  • 1x Fezandipiti ex (Ascended Heroes)
  • 1x Meowth ex (Perfect Order)

Trainer cards: 31

  • 4x Lillie's Determination (Mega Evolution)
  • 2x Crispin (Stellar Crown)
  • 2x Boss's Orders (Ascended Heroes)
  • 1x Judge (Perfect Order)
  • 1x Lotta (White Flare, German name)
  • 4x Poké Pad (Ascended Heroes)
  • 4x Ultra Ball (30th Celebration)
  • 4x Buddy-Buddy Poffin
  • 2x Night Stretcher (Ascended Heroes)
  • 2x Rare Candy (Mega Evolution)
  • 1x Abenteuerlaterne (Delta Reign, German name)
  • 1x Special Red Card (Wachsendes Chaos, German set name)
  • 1x Prime Catcher (Prismatic Evolutions)
  • 1x Belebtes Stadion (Surging Sparks, German name)
  • 1x Levincia (Journey Together)

Energy cards: 9

  • 3x Basic Fire Energy
  • 3x Basic Lightning Energy
  • 3x Basic Water Energy

Is the deck worth it?

250 damage from a Basic Pokémon with 120 HP is strong, the price is three Energy types and a slow setup through Blaziken ex. If you collect the anniversary set, Lugia gives you a playable card for the table, not just for the binder. More decks from the set in 30th Celebration: The Solgaleo deck at a glance, everything about the set in 30th Celebration: Everything you need to know.

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Source: PokeZentrum, 26 October 2026. Card texts taken from the German card scans. The source names Quick Ball for searching Blaziken ex, the list has Ultra Ball. This article follows the list.

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