Garchomp & Giratina-GX SM193/248 · 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. Garchomp & Giratina-GX is SM193/248, in position 196 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM192 Lucario & Melmetal-GX, and after it is SM194 Detective Pikachu. The listed rarity is Promo.

Garchomp & Giratina-GX is a Basic TAG TEAM GX Dragon Pokémon with 270 HP. In the Pokédex this is Garchomp (#445), generation 4 (Sinnoh) and Giratina (#487), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this card. The same name is on 134 other cards in the catalog.

Garchomp (#445) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Garchomp C LV.X DP46/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Garchomp C LV.X, while this one is Garchomp & Giratina-GX. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 270 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Garchomp list a different HP. Giratina (#487) has 30 cards in the catalog.

The attack Linear Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. This attack does 40 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Calamitous Slash is another attack lists 160+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Fighting, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 80 more damage. GG End-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Fighting. Discard 1 of your opponent's Pokémon and all cards attached to it. If this Pokémon has at least 3 extra Fighting Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), discard 2 of your opponent's Pokémon instead. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

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. Garchomp and 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.