Latios 73/182 · Paradox Rift

Paradox Rift is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 3, 2023. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 266 cards. Latios is 73/182, in position 73 of 266 on this checklist. Before it is 72 Xatu, and after it is 74 Deoxys. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

chibi illustrated this card. The same name is on 40 other cards in the catalog.

Latios (#381) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 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. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and chibi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 33 other cards of Latios list a different HP.

The attack Glide lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Luster Purge is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It understands human speech and is highly intelligent. It is a tender Pokémon that dislikes fighting." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paradox Rift, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paradox Rift set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Latios can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.