Persian SM182/248 · SM Black Star Promos

SM Black Star Promos is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. Persian is SM182/248, in position 185 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM181 Melmetal, and after it is SM183 Pikachu. The listed rarity is Promo.

Persian is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Persian (#053), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Meowth. In this catalog that name is Meowth (#052).

tetsuya koizumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

Persian (#053) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Persian 42/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Promo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Persian list a different HP.

Gathering of Cats is listed as Ability. Ignore all Energy in the attack costs of each of your Pokémon in play that has the Caturday attack. The attack Claw Slash lists 90 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "Although the jewel on its forehead appears to be a different color than those of Alolan Persian, it's mostly made of the same material."

I keep a set binder for SM Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SM Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Persian can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.