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Lapras VMAX

ラプラス Transport Pokémon

Water Rare Holo VMAX VMAX

320HP

≈S$7est. to buy

1 / 57 Lapras cards owned 0 / 12 in Sword & Shield 3 promo prints

CARD

Card facts

Set Sword & Shield

Series Sword & Shield

Number 50/216

Rarity Rare Holo VMAX

Released 2020

Illustrator 5ban Graphics

POKÉMON

Pokémon stats

HP 320

Type Water

Stage VMAX

Evolves from Lapras V

Weakness Lightning ×2

Retreat cost 3

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 Expanded: Legal

Attack

G-Max Pump

90+

3 Colorless

This attack does 30 more damage for each Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.

VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Versions & finishes

missing

Holofoil not owned ≈ S$7.45

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

Story & meaning

“Crossing icy seas is no issue for this cold-resistant Pokémon. Its smooth skin is a little cool to the touch.”

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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 Sword & Shield.

missing

203/216 Lapras VMAX Rare Rainbow

Your Lapras cards

1 owned

The Lapras cards already in your collection.

All Lapras cards across sets

57 shown

Every Lapras print in the catalogue, including promos and cards from other series.