Lugia in 30th Celebration: New 097/103 & the Crystal Lugia 142/103 Reprint

The Two Lugia Cards in 30th Celebration

The Japanese set totals 165 numbered cards plus 8 Basic Energy (173 in all; PokeBeach’s headline figure is 176), per PokeBeach’s September 9 count: 103 main-set cards (including the 30 Pikachu and 10 Pokémon ex), 32 secret rares (AR/SAR/FUR, numbers 104–135) and the 30-card Classic Collection block (136–165). Lugia’s two cards sit in two different blocks:

Both cards are listed in the official card database (published September 9, 2026): the new Lugia appears in the legendary Pokémon section alongside cards like Ho-Oh 007/103 (covered in our separate Ho-Oh 30th Celebration guide), while the reprint sits in the Classic Collection block between the Base Set-era Charizard (137/103) and Dark Tyranitar (144/103).

For the full picture of the set — the FUR rarity, the 30 Pikachu subset, the lottery-allocated Japanese distribution — start with our complete 30th Celebration guide.

Crystal Lugia 142/103: The Historic Reprint

Listed in the official card database as card 142/103 (illustrator: Naoyo Kimura), it revives the “Crystal” Lugia — identified by PokeBeach as the Crystal Lugia from the English Aquapolis set. The official Japanese entry for the reprint gives the following effects:

• Poké-Body: Crystal Type — when you attach a basic Fire, Water or Psychic Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon, its type becomes the same as that Energy until the end of the turn.
• サイコキネシス — 10 damage for each Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
• スチームブラスト — 50 damage; discard one Energy card attached to this Pokémon.

The database publishes the full Japanese effect text and lists HP 80. The card image carries no regulation letter. The original e3 090/087 print is not listed in the current online database, so a word-for-word comparison of the original and reprint is not claimed here.

This is the same rule that applies to the reprinted Charizard 137/103, which we break down in our Charizard 30th Celebration reprint guide.

For a side-by-side look at this reprint against the card it revives, see our Crystal Lugia 142/103: 30th Celebration vs. Original e3 090/087 guide. The graded original — PSA10 Lugia Crystal type: 1ED [e3 090/087] — is listed as a PSA back order on our site; sourcing requests go through Quick Order.

Price Expectations — Predictions and Dated Asking Prices

The figures below are SNKRDUNK asking prices dated September 18, 2026, from the Crystal Lugia 142/103 listing at 16:47 JST and the Lugia 097/103 listing at 16:46 JST. A product-level lowest ask and individual used-card rows are shown separately. These are not completed sales, a market average or a prediction.

• Lugia reprint 142/103 — an unofficial prediction dated August 29, 2026 was ¥15,000 and up. The lowest asking price on SNKRDUNK on September 18, 2026 was ¥22,000. The selected condition-A examples in the table are not an upper limit.
• Lugia 097/103 — the lowest SNKRDUNK asking price on September 18, 2026 was ¥1,000.
• Sealed box — the lowest SNKRDUNK ask recorded for September 16, 2026 was ¥17,500. This is a dated marketplace ask, separate from our store price.

For current retail options rather than a prediction, our M6a booster box has a Sealed option — see current price and availability and a No Shrink option — see current price and availability. See the product page for the current dispatch date from Tokyo. No official pull rate for a particular Lugia card is published. The Japanese product page states six holo cards and one Basic Energy per pack. A Pikachu in each Japanese pack is reported by PokeBeach; it is not presented here as a Japanese official guarantee.

Where to Buy: Box, Singles and Quick Order

Both Lugia cards come from the same place: sealed M6a product. Our M6a 30th Celebration booster box (Japanese) has a Sealed option — see current price and availability and a No Shrink option — see current price and availability — see the product page for the current dispatch date from Tokyo. For the PSA10 graded Crystal Lugia 1ED original [e3 090/087], see our Crystal Lugia 142/103 vs. Original e3 090/087 guide; the listing — PSA10 Lugia Crystal type: 1ED [e3 090/087] — is a PSA back order, with sourcing requests going through Quick Order.

View the M6a booster-box options and current dispatch information.

Related shopping routes:

• Japanese sealed booster boxes — including the S8a anniversary box and other sets with live pricing.
• PSA 10 graded singles — for graded Lugia and other legendary cards with established market histories.
• The full Pokémon card collection — sealed sets, special sets and promo products, all shipped from Tokyo with tracked delivery.