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EN Fossil · 10 Oct 1999 · 10/62

Lapras

ラプラス Transport Pokémon

Water Rare Holo Basic

80HP

≈S$142est. to buy

1 / 57 Lapras cards owned 0 / 2 in Base 3 promo prints

CARD

Card facts

Set Fossil

Series Base

Number 10/62

Rarity Rare Holo

Released 1999

Illustrator Ken Sugimori

POKÉMON

Pokémon stats

HP 80

Type Water

Stage Basic

Weakness Lightning ×2

Retreat cost 2

National Dex #131

Lapras collection

1 / 57 collected

2% complete

Owned1 Missing56 TrackedS$0.79 Missing est.≈S$891

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Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal

Attack

Water Gun

10+

Water

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Lapras 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

2 Water

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

Versions & finishes

missing

Holofoil not owned ≈ S$28.32

missing

1st Edition not owned ≈ S$141.68

Artwork is identical across finishes; the holo or reverse shimmer is indicative.

Story & meaning

“A Pokémon that has been overhunted almost to extinction. It can ferry people across water.”

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History

Lapras is a gentle, intelligent Water/Ice-type Pokémon resembling a plesiosaur with a large shell on its back, well-suited to carrying people and Pokémon across water. It is noted for its docile, peaceful temperament and high intelligence, even being able to understand human speech and communicate through beautiful, melodic cries. Once heavily hunted and driven to near-extinction in the games' lore, it became a rare and treasured species, and in the anime Ash famously raised one that he later returned to its pod. As the 'Transport Pokémon,' it embodies a friendly bond between humans and Pokémon, ferrying travelers across icy and open seas.

Name & meaning

The Japanese name ラプラス (Rapurasu) is essentially identical to the English 'Lapras,' and both are widely believed to derive from the mathematician/physicist Pierre-Simon Laplace, though the name also evokes the French phrase 'là, place' and the English word 'place.' Some interpretations connect it to the idea of transport or a 'place' to ride, fitting its role as a ferrying Pokémon. The kana break down simply as ra-pu-ra-su, a phonetic rendering with no kanji, reflecting that it is a borrowed/coined foreign-style name.

Other versions in this set

Same Pokémon, different artwork within Fossil.

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25/62 Lapras Rare

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