Lucario 53 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Lucario 53
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Kouki Saitou

This card has 90 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Fire weakness.

Metal · Stage 1 · Platinum · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Lucario 53 do in a game?

Lucario 53 is a Metal Pokémon card with 90 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Aura Sphere, is printed at 30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.

Metal Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #448 Lucario

Lucario 53Platinum

90 HP · Metal · Stage 1 · retreat 0 · Fire weakness +20

Top printed damage3030 per Energy Aura Sphere30 damage for 1 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points90 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 30 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUncommonPlatinum70 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetPlatinum

Card number53

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$10.66Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup1 turnEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it665 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name70 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line53 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #448 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Lucario 53 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 28.9%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Lucario 53 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	47.7%	90 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	67.1%	30 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EAura Sphere30 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage
2EDo the Wave10 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 7,584of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 7,584 at 90 HP.

Metal cardsNo. 558of 924 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 2,430of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardLucario 53Platinum90 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 290 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Lucario 53

Hit points 90 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 30 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Legality 14 of the 54 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Lucario 53 at a glance

What it is. A Metal Pokémon card with 90 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Platinum.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 1 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at +20.
What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Lucario 53 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 1 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.

Lucario 53 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Aura Sphere	1 Metal	1	30	30	Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Do the Wave	1 Metal + 1 Colorless	2	20+	10	Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each of your Benched Pokémon.

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Aura Sphere1 Energy card

Do the Wave2 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Aura Sphere 1 Energy30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 per Energy card30
Do the Wave 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Do the Wave is printed as 20+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Lucario 53 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Lucario 53 — Platinum — LucarioPlatinum 53

No.7,584by HP in the archive

Lucario 53 prints 90 HP, which puts it at number 7,584 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

29% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 44%Where it sits on printed HP

This card90 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Lucario printed130 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 90 HP, which is 24% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 90 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 30.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30 — this card	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0 — this card	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 34of 117

That is where Lucario 53 stands highest on HP — number 34 of 117 cards in Platinum. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 7,584 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 57% on damage
Metal cards — 925 cards No. 558 of 924 by HP · No. 650 of 903 by damage · top by HP: Copperajah VMAX, 340

top 72% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 2,430 of 5,102 by HP · No. 3,719 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 75% on damage
Platinum — 133 cards No. 34 of 117 by HP · No. 60 of 108 by damage · top by HP: Slaking, 150

top 55% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 90 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 90
Top printed damage 30 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 30

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Lucario 53 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 damage attack that needs 1 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Lucario 53 — this card30.030 damage for 1 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 30.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Lucario 53 — this card	30.0	30 damage for 1 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsAura Sphere 30 / 1Do the Wave 20 / 2

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Lucario 53.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Aura Sphere	—	30	—
Do the Wave	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

30 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-19.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Metal card do for Lucario 53?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type Damage from Fire attacks is increased before it is applied.

Lucario 53 · Stage 1 90 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 237 cards in groups that print a Metal weakness Against Fairy, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metal — this cardmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal — this card	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Metalweak to Fire

Fairyweak to Metal

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Metal weakness.

What being a Metal card is worth

Groups that most often print a Metal weakness: Fairy (237 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Metal cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Lucario 53 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

The weakness printed on the card decides which attacks are enough to remove it in one turn.

Cards that remove it in one attack

665

Cards it removes in one attack

185

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 90 HP against a Fire weakness at +20 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackPyroarMega Evolution 2470 damage

+20Fire weakness · 70 printed damage is enough
70 damage becomes 90 against this card

This cardLucario 53Platinum 5390 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 658 cards in the archive that can remove Lucario 53 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 70. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Lucarioweak to Fire +20

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fire cards that remove Lucario in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	330
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	330
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	330
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	320
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	320
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	320

Cards this one removes in a single attack

185 cards in the archive are weak to Metal and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Lucario as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Lucario 53 is one print of Lucario. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Lucario has been printed 70 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Lucario cards ever printedPokédex #448Prints on record 70Toughest print 340 HPThis card 90 HP

70prints

Legal in Standard15Older prints, not in Standard55

Every Lucario print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Lucario printed is 340 HP, and this card is 26.5% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Mega Lucario ex 188/132the toughest Lucario ever printedME01: Mega Evolution340 HP
Lucario 53against that record26.5% of the record90 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Lucario print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Lucario 53 can be?

Lucario evolves from Riolu, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Lucario line, oldest stage firstPokédex #448

Riolu25 prints on record · POP Series 6

+50 HP · +110 damage

Lucario22 prints on record · Rumble

Riolu → Lucario

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Riolu.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 448.

1RioluHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage80 HP
2LucarioHardest attack printed at this stage: 160 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it130 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Lucario print, and can the older ones still be played?

70 prints carry this name in the archive, and 54 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (340 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

54 rows are shown of the 70 prints counted under this name.

Lucario prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Lucario ex 188/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Lucario ex 179/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Lucario ex 160/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Lucario ex 077/132	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Lucario ex 113/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Lucario VSTAR SWSH291	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Lucario & Melmetal-GX 224/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario & Melmetal-GX SM192	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario & Melmetal-GX 203/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario & Melmetal-GX 120/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario ex 051/131	Jumbo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Lucario ex 082/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark H	Legal in Standard
M Lucario-EX 113/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Lucario-EX 55/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario-GX 135/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario-GX SV64/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario-GX 122/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario V 27/73	Deck Exclusives	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Lucario V 146/264	Jumbo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Lucario V SWSH213	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Lucario V 078/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Lucario-EX 107/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario-EX 54/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 174/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Lucario 126/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 114/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Lucario 120/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 079/172	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Lucario 117/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario SWSH186	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Lucario SM54	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 71/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 063/124	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario LV.X DP12	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario LV.X 122/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario SM95	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario SV22/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 67/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 47/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 80/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 78/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 064/099	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario XY140	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 12	Rumble	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario C 31	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 53/127	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 6/130	Diamond and Pearl	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 14/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 002/017	POP Series 6	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 77/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 002/017	POP Series 8	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 61/146	Legends Awakened	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario 19/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lucario GL 8/111	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

14 of the 54 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Lucario 53?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Lucario 53
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Dark Scizor	Neo Destiny	70	30	2
Scizor ex	Unseen Forces	120	50	1
Steelix	Aquapolis	100	50	4
Raichu δ	Holon Phantoms	70	50	0
Magneton	Skyridge	70	30	2
Scizor	Aquapolis	80	30	2

This card itself is 90 HP, 30 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Metal like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Lucario 53 in Platinum?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #53 in Platinum. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Lucario 53, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Lucario 53
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Lucario 53 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on February 11, 2009.

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Lucario 53 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Aura Sphere, needs 1 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 1 turn from an empty card.
That works out at 30 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Riolu has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 7,584 of 17,290

Metal cardsNo. 558 of 924

Stage 1 cardsNo. 2,430 of 5,102

PlatinumNo. 34 of 117

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 70 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 90 HP.
665 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 185 cards in one attack.

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Lucario 53 card record

Lucario 53 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	90 HP	Type	Metal
Weakness	Fire +20	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Riolu	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#448	Set	Platinum
Card number	53 of 127	Series	Platinum
Released	February 11, 2009	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Kouki Saitou
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Lucario 53 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$10.66

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Lucario 53 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Lucario 53?

Lucario 53 has 90 HP and a Fire weakness at +20, so a Fire attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 90.

What is the strongest attack on Lucario 53?

Aura Sphere, printed at 30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card. Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

What is the retreat cost of Lucario 53?

None. Lucario 53 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

What does the + after the damage on Do the Wave mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each of your Benched Pokémon."

Can an older Lucario print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 54 prints listed on this page, 14 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Lucario evolve from?

Riolu. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Lucario 53 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Lucario 53 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Lucario 53 — what does this card actually do?

What does Lucario 53 do in a game?

Lucario 53 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Lucario 53 at a glance

What do the attacks on Lucario 53 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Lucario 53 compare with every other card?

Is Lucario 53 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Metal card do for Lucario 53?

What knocks out Lucario 53 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Lucario as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Lucario 53 can be?

Is this the strongest Lucario print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Lucario 53?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Lucario 53?

What was printed next to Lucario 53 in Platinum?

Which rules apply to Lucario 53, and where can it be played?

Lucario 53 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Lucario 53 card record

What does Lucario 53 cost?

Lucario 53 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Lucario 53?

What is the strongest attack on Lucario 53?

What is the retreat cost of Lucario 53?

What does the + after the damage on Do the Wave mean?

Can an older Lucario print be played in a tournament?

What does Lucario evolve from?

Can Lucario 53 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Lucario 53 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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