Latias 14/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos

Nintendo Black Star Promos is a set in the NP series. It was released on October 1, 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. Latias is 14/40, in position 14 of 40 on this checklist. Before it is 13 Meowth, and after it is 15 Latios. The listed rarity is Promo.

Latias is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Latias (#380), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Latias (#380) has 33 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 Latias ex 93/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Latias ex, while this one is Latias. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo EX, and here it is Promo. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Latias list a different HP.

The attack Super Psy lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. Searing Flame is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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