Tapu Bulu SM61/248 · 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 Bulu is SM61/248, in position 62 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM60 Charizard-GX, and after it is SM62 Golisopod-GX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Tapu Bulu is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tapu Bulu (#787), generation 7 (Alola).

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

Tapu Bulu (#787) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2024. The earliest other card is Tapu Bulu-GX SM32/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Tapu Bulu-GX, while this one is Tapu Bulu. That card lists 180 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. PLANETA illustrated that card, and Megumi Mizutani illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 6 other cards of Tapu Bulu list a different HP.

The attack Horn Leech lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Calm Strike is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. If you have used your GX attack, this attack does 60 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It pulls large trees up by the roots and swings them around. It causes vegetation to grow, and then it absorbs energy from the growth."

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