We resume our cataloguing with a truly celestial specimen: the Meteorite Pokémon, Lunatone. This uncommon card from the Scarlet & Violet era features a beautifully stylised piece of art that perfectly captures the mystery and ancient power of this extraterrestrial, geological being.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Lunatone (ルナトーン)
- Set: Paldea Evolved (Asian International Release)
- Year: 2023
- Card Number: 086/193
- Rarity/Edition: Uncommon
- Artist: Oucidd
- National Pokédex No.: 337
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Fighting
- HP: 110
- Ability: Luna Cycle (ルナサイクル)
- Effect: If you have Solrock in play, you may use this ability once during your turn. Discard a basic Psychic Energy card from your hand in order to draw 3 cards. You can’t use more than one Luna Cycle Ability each turn.
- Attack 1: Power Gem (パワージェム)
- Cost: [Fighting][Fighting]
- Damage: 50
- Weakness: Grass x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: 隕石の 落ちた 場所で 見つかった。 にらんだ だけで 相手を 眠らせる。
- Romaji: Inseki no ochita basho de mitsukatta. Niranda dake de aite o nemuraseru.
- English: It was discovered at the site of a meteorite strike. It can make its foe fall asleep just by staring at it.
Collector’s Notes
This Lunatone is a fascinating specimen for the museum. While the card is in Japanese, its numbering (086/193) corresponds to the international Asian release of the Paldea Evolved set, which uses a different master list from the native Japanese sets. This makes it a unique International Specimen. The artwork by Oucidd is stark and beautiful, using a geometric, minimalist style to depict Lunatone floating in a desert canyon under a starry sky.
Lunatone is a top-tier Geological Pokémon. A Rock/Psychic type in the games, its lore, as confirmed by its Pokédex entry, states that it is a creature from space that arrived on a meteorite. This directly connects it to the science of meteoritics and astrogeology. It is, quite literally, a living piece of extraterrestrial rock. The TCG represents its Rock-type nature with the consolidated Fighting type. A brilliant piece of game-to-lore translation is seen in its “Luna Cycle” ability, which requires its counterpart, Solrock, to be in play—a fantastic nod to their paired, celestial origins.
