Latios ex 94/97 · Dragon

Dragon is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. Latios ex is 94/97, in position 94 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 93 Latias ex, and after it is 95 Magcargo ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Latios ex is a Basic ex Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Latios (#381), generation 3 (Hoenn).

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 22 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 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 33 other cards of Latios list a different HP.

The attack Energy Stream lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for a basic Energy card and attach it to Latios ex. Luster Purge is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Grass, Lightning, Colorless. Discard 3 Energy attached to Latios ex. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Grass -30 and Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Dragon, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dragon set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Latios can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.