Turtonator SM27/248 · 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. Turtonator is SM27/248, in position 27 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM26 Tsareena, and after it is SM28 Vikavolt. The listed rarity is Promo.

Turtonator is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Turtonator (#776), generation 7 (Alola).

TOKIYA illustrated this card. The same name is on 93 other cards in the catalog.

Turtonator (#776) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Turtonator 17/145 in Guardians Rising (2017). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Promo. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and TOKIYA illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Turtonator list a different HP.

The attack Flame Cloak lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Heat Blast is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The shell on its back is chemically unstable and explodes violently if struck. The hole in its stomach is its weak point."

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. Turtonator can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.