Giratina 28/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Giratina is 28/127, in position 28 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 27 Giratina, and after it is 29 Golduck. The listed rarity is Rare.

Giratina is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 110 HP. The card lists level 70. In the Pokédex this is Giratina (#487), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Yusuke Ishikawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 14 other cards in the catalog.

Giratina (#487) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Giratina LV.X DP38/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Giratina LV.X, while this one is Giratina. That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Yusuke Ishikawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 29 other cards of Giratina list a different HP.

The attack Dragon Claw lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Dragonbreath is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Darkness +30. Resistance is Colorless -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It was banished for its violence. It silently gazed upon the old world from the Distortion World."

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Giratina can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. I still need this card.