Alolan Meowth SM43/248 · 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. Alolan Meowth is SM43/248, in position 44 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM42 Cosmog, and after it is SM44 Togedemaru. The listed rarity is Promo.

Alolan Meowth is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Meowth (#052), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Persian, Persian (#053) under evolves to.

Megumi Mizutani illustrated this card. The same name is on 133 other cards in the catalog.

Meowth (#052) has 65 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 53 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Meowth 56/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Meowth, while this one is Alolan Meowth. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Megumi Mizutani illustrated this one. 42 other cards of Meowth list a different HP.

The attack Scratch lists 10 damage. Fake Out is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon was not originally found in Alola. Human actions caused a surge in their numbers, and they went feral. They're prideful and crafty."

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. Meowth can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Alolan forms and Meowth, Persian, and Perrserker. I still need this card.