How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read 30C 83/128 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

30th Celebration

Lucario 30C 83/128

Name: Lucario 30C 83
Brand: Pokémon

30CJPCommon

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read 30C 83/128 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

When it came out

30th Celebration landed here on 16 September 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 September 2026, under the code M6a. That is 0 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Panorama inspired by the artwork of Lucario — Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists. — M6a · n° 069
pokoBased on artwork by Hideki Ishikawa
À propos de Poko·Art
Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists. Based on artwork by Hideki Ishikawa.
Le panorama prolonge la scène pour cette page. L’illustration imprimée reste la référence originale.
© Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK
© Pokémon

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 120
Type: Fighting
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 83/128
Set: 30th Celebration30CSet guide
Illustrated by: Hideki Ishikawa

Its attacks

Aura Sphereはどうだん

100

This attack also does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. <em>(Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)</em>相手のベンチポケモン1匹にも、60ダメージ。［ベンチは弱点・抵抗力を計算しない。］

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
Mega Lucario ex runs it in 4 of the 68 lists we have read, seen across 4 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 3,209 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Lucario ex	4 of 68	4	30C 83
Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama	3 of 79	3	30C 83