Latios SM88/248 · SM Black Star Promos

Latios is Pokédex #381, generation 3 (Hoenn). Latios is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 110 HP.

Latios sits at SM88/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 89 of 251. Before it is SM87 Latias, and after it is SM89 Zoroark. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Break Through lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Lagoon Flight is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A highly intelligent Pokémon. By folding back its wings in flight, it can overtake jet planes."

Latios (#381) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Latios 15/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 33 other cards of Latios list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.