Latios-EX 113/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Latios-EX is 113/116, in position 113 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 112 Latias-EX, and after it is 114 Tornadus-EX. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Latios-EX is a Basic EX Dragon Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Latios (#381), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists M Latios-EX, Latios (#381) under evolves to.

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

Latios (#381) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Latios 15/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Latios, while this one is Latios-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 29 other cards of Latios list a different HP.

The attack Mach Flight lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Luster Purge is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Water, Psychic, Colorless. Discard all Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Plasma Freeze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Freeze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Latios can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Latias and Latios. I still need this card.