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Mega Lucario ex Lucario
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Lucario
Pokemon
“Lucario” (A2-092) is a Pokémon card from the Space-Time Smackdown set in Pokémon TCG Pocket, built around the Ability “Fighting Coach”. Key details include evolves from Riolu, 100 HP, Fighting, and Submarine Blow. Card description: It's said that no foe can remain invisible to Lucario, since it can detect auras—even those of foes it could not otherwise see.
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Lucario Card Details
Illustrator·nagimisoHP
100
TypesFighting
- Ability
Fighting Coach
Attacks used by your
Pokémon do +20 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Lucario Attacks
- 40Submarine Blow
Weaknesses
Retreat Cost
How to get Lucario
Deck snapshot
Where Lucario is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 7.5%
- 217 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 100.0% of lists using it
Decks that use “Lucario”
Event window: Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Lucario versions and alt art
3 matching cards
Lucario Evolves From
10 matching cards
Other Lucario cards with different effects
1 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Lucario
Seen in 7.5% of 2,912 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
- Tournament usage
- 7.5%
- 217 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 100.0% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 4
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Lucario”
- Mega Lucario ex Lucario
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (186)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 6.4%
- Mega Lucario ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (25)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 96.2%
- Meta share
- 0.9%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Hitmonchan
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Riolu
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 1× Bonsly
- 1× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Hitmonchan ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (4)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 66.7%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Hitmonchan ex
- 1× Bonsly
- 2× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Korrina
- 2× Arena of Antiquity
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 6.7%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 2× Riolu
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Chingling
- 1× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Egg
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Lucario in tournament decks
This card appears in 4 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Mega Lopunny ex Lucario
Last seen Oct 8, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Hitmonchan ex Mega Lucario ex
Last seen Aug 9, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Garchomp ex Mega Lucario ex
Last seen Oct 11, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Mega Lucario ex Excadrill
Last seen Oct 5, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Other cards with the same Fighting Coach Ability as Lucario
3 matching cards
Other cards with Submarine Blow, like Lucario
3 matching cards
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Lucario
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Lucario. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Mega Lucario ex
B3-081
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 99.6%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 99.6%
Arena of Antiquity
B3-154
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 96.6%
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