Latios XY79/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Latios is Pokédex #381, generation 3 (Hoenn). Latios is a Basic Dragon Pokémon with 100 HP.

Latios sits at XY79/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 80 of 216. Before it is XY78 Latias, and after it is XY80 Black Kyurem. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Glide lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Sky Blade is another attack lists 70+ damage. The cost is Water, Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. If Latias is on your Bench, this attack does 50 more damage. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It understands human speech and is highly intelligent. It is a tender Pokémon that dislikes fighting."

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 100 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito 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 Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY 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). I still need this card.