Altaria-EX 123/124 · Fates Collide

Altaria is Pokédex #334, generation 3 (Hoenn). Altaria-EX is a Basic EX Colorless Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Altaria-EX, Altaria (#334) under evolves to.

Altaria-EX sits at 123/124 in Fates Collide, position 127 of 129. Before it is 122 Kingdra-EX, and after it is 124 Team Rocket's Handiwork. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 2, 2016. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 129 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Powerful Gain lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If this Pokémon was healed during this turn, this attack does 60 more damage and heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Shining Wind is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon has no Weakness. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Altaria (#334) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Altaria 2/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Altaria, while this one is Altaria-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 37 other cards of Altaria list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fates Collide set binder is where a full Fates Collide set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Altaria can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.