Latios-EX XY72/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Latios-EX is XY72/211, in position 73 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY71 Hoopa-EX, and after it is XY73 Rayquaza-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

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.

Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 128 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. Both list the rarity Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida 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 XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos set binder. 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 Latias and Latios. I still need this card.