Latios-EX 101/108 · Roaring Skies

Roaring Skies is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. Latios-EX is 101/108, in position 103 of 112 on this checklist. Before it is 100 M Gallade-EX, and after it is 102 M Latios-EX. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Latios-EX is a Basic EX Dragon Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Latios (#381), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists M Latios-EX, Latios (#381) under evolves to.

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

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 is named Latios, while this one is Latios-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 29 other cards of Latios list a different HP.

The attack Fast Raid lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic. If you go first, you can use this attack on your first turn. Light Pulse is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Water, Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Prevent all effects of your opponent's attacks, except damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Roaring Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Roaring Skies 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.