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Lapras

ラプラス Transport Pokémon

Water Uncommon Basic

120HP

≈S$1est. to buy

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

CARD

Card facts

Set BREAKpoint

Series XY

Number 28/126

Rarity Uncommon

Released 2016

Illustrator kirisAki

POKÉMON

Pokémon stats

HP 120

Type Water

Stage Basic

Weakness Metal ×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 Expanded: Legal

Attack

Errand-Running

Water

Search your deck for a Trainer card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Attack

Water Splash

80+

2 Water • Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.

Versions & finishes

missing

Normal not owned ≈ S$0.57

missing

Reverse Holo not owned ≈ S$4.27

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

Story & meaning

“Its high intelligence enables it to understand human speech. It likes to ferry people on its back.”

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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.

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