Latias SM135/248 · SM Black Star Promos

SM Black Star Promos is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 February 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. Latias is SM135/248, in position 138 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM134 Tornadus-GX, and after it is SM136 Latios. The listed rarity is Promo.

Latias is a Basic Dragon Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Latias (#380), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Latias (#380) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Latias 14/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 31 other cards of Latias list a different HP.

The attack Hypnoblast lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Mist Ball is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Fire, Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy and a Psychic Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It can telepathically communicate with people. It changes its appearance using its down that refracts light."

I keep a set binder for SM Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SM Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Latias 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.