Latios 15/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos

Latios is Pokédex #381, generation 3 (Hoenn). Latios is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP.

Latios sits at 15/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos, position 15 of 40. Before it is 14 Latias, and after it is 16 Treecko. The set belongs to the NP series. It was released on October 1, 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Super Psy lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. Freeze Dry is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Psychic, Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

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 ex 94/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Latios ex, while this one is Latios. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo EX, and here it is Promo. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 31 other cards of Latios list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Nintendo Black Star Promos set binder is where a full Nintendo Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Latios can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.