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Lanturn ex
Special Art Rare
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Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Lanturn ex trades hits at 80 damage while threatening paralysis or confusion with every Flashing Signal, buying repeated attack turns. The deck wins by locking the opponent's active into a status condition long enough to outscore them on points.
Start by using Poké Ball to find Chinchou and accelerate lightning energy early. Once Lanturn ex evolves, attack with Flashing Signal every turn — on a heads flip, paralysis skips the opponent's attack entirely and on tails confusion introduces a coin-flip tax. Giant Cape and Pokémon Center Lady extend Lanturn ex's 150 HP so it survives long enough to flip multiple times. Mega Manectric ex and Zeraora cover situations where Lanturn ex is knocked out or needs a turn to heal, and Elemental Switch manages energy positioning across your board.
150 HP Stage 1
Flashing Signal 80 dmg x2 turns = 160
Two clean Flashing Signals KO any 150 HP target; paralysis may stall opponent for one of those turns
Every turn you attack with Flashing Signal gives a chance to paralyze and skip the opponent's next attack. Even confusion creates an attack tax. Keeping Lanturn ex healthy with Pokémon Center Lady and Giant Cape means more attack turns and more coin-flip opportunities to extend your point lead.
Use Elemental Switch to move energy off a damaged Lanturn ex to a fresh one on the bench, keeping a healthy attacker ready to continue applying status pressure. Training Area provides additional support for managing your energy position across turns.
Paralysis and confusion on the active Pokemon can be answered by switching out to a benched Pokemon, clearing the status. Decks with free-retreat basics or switching cards can negate the tempo loss from Flashing Signal's status effects, turning the coin-flip advantage into a non-factor.
Lanturn ex is a Stage 1 ex worth 2 points when knocked out. A single KO on Lanturn ex — especially if Cyrus cannot redirect safely — pushes the opponent to 2 points and one knockout away from victory, forcing extremely conservative play on the Lanturn ex side.
Lightning-type Pokemon have common type weaknesses. Attackers with type advantage can reach the KO threshold against Lanturn ex's 150 HP in a single hit, bypassing the coin-flip attrition game entirely and ending the status-lock strategy before it generates a meaningful points advantage.
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Threats — Weak Against
Based on type weakness analysis of core cards. View full matchup matrix →
