Lapras – Pokémon TCG Highlander

Coasting in support for your team, Lapras ferries into Highlander with great options to fetch crucial cards while providing reliable damage that can scale higher with a threat to your opponent’s bench.

Strategy Points:

• “Seafaring” is a great attack to use at any point of the game. The Energy acceleration provides a boost in momentum for an early game blitz and a late game recovery play to keep hold for taking the last prize.
  • Eviolite provides great longevity to set up your board with Lapras, especially when paired with its other two attacks for resource retrieval and high damage placement potential.
• “Carry In” grabs a wide range of card types to build and maintain a strong hand. Some combos to consider are:
  • Vitality Band + Guzma + basic Water Energy to have a fast attacker ready for a potential Knock Out, like Dracovish or Luvdisc.
  • Rocky Helmet + Mallow & Lana + basic Dragon or Metal Energy to attach Rocky Helmet to Lapras or another wall after you use Mallow & Lana to switch into Tasugiri and use “Survival Strategy” to fetch even more resources and switch into a Rocky Helmet user.
  • EXP. Share + Pokémon Collector + basic Fighting Energy to then use Pokémon Collector to play Terrakion and then attach the EXP. Share and basic Fighting Energy to Terrakion for a prepared “Retaliate” play. Whether the extra Energy comes from Lapras or a hand attachment, you can continue streaing resources until it goes down for Terrakion to come in and help maintain good momentum.
• “Surf” has a great damage ceiling thanks to its bench damage spread effect. Regardless, pairing Lapras with a Fighting Fury Belt adds even more damage HP for survivability.
• Lapras – Level X
• “Cryo Cold Crush” has a wide range for enhanced punishment when you consider that Rainbow Energy, Aurora Energy, and Dragon Energy (when attached to a Dragon type Pokémon) are considered Water Energy. This allows for Lapras Level X to serve as a fast counter to problems that hold these attributes. As an added factor, the 50% paralysis chance can be game winning in terms of momentum.
  • Tropius and Mothim provide bypasses with any -20 resistance, helping Lapras – Level X maximize its damage.
• “Frigid Serenade” provides fast and reliable damage with a great locking effect. If the Defending Pokémon is an EX, it becomes a steep uphill battle for the opponent to get out of if they lack a switching card or a method to get rid of the Special Condition.