Tapu Koko SM30/248 · 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. Tapu Koko is SM30/248, in position 30 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM29 Mimikyu, and after it is SM30a Tapu Koko. The listed rarity is Promo.

Tapu Koko is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tapu Koko (#785), generation 7 (Alola).

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Tapu Koko (#785) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tapu Koko SM30a/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). Both list 110 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 20 other cards of Tapu Koko list a different HP.

The attack Flying Flip lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Electric Ball is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. The flavor text reads "This guardian deity of Melemele is brimming with curiosity. It summons thunderclouds and stores their lightning inside its body."

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. Tapu Koko can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Island guardians. I still need this card.