Tapu Bulu-GX SM32/248 · 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. Tapu Bulu-GX is SM32/248, in position 33 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM31 Tapu Koko, and after it is SM33 Tapu Koko-GX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Tapu Bulu-GX is a Basic GX Grass Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tapu Bulu (#787), generation 7 (Alola).

PLANETA illustrated this card. The same name is on 47 other cards in the catalog.

Tapu Bulu (#787) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2024. The earliest other card is Tapu Bulu SM61/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Tapu Bulu, while this one is Tapu Bulu-GX. That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Megumi Mizutani illustrated that card, and PLANETA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 5 other cards of Tapu Bulu list a different HP.

The attack Horn Attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. Nature's Judgment is another attack lists 120+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 60 more damage. Tapu Wilderness-GX is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Heal all damage from this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 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. Tapu Bulu can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Island guardians. I still need this card.