M Altaria-EX 121/124 · Fates Collide

Altaria is Pokédex #334, generation 3 (Hoenn). M Altaria-EX is a MEGA EX Fairy Pokémon with 220 HP. The card says it evolves from Altaria-EX. In this catalog that name is Altaria (#334).

M Altaria-EX sits at 121/124 in Fates Collide, position 125 of 129. Before it is 120 Genesect-EX, and after it is 122 Kingdra-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 2 May 2016. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 129 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Mist Purge lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fairy, Colorless, Colorless. If this Pokémon has any Special Energy attached to it, this attack does 30 more damage and heal 30 damage from each of your Pokémon. Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Darkness -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Mega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Altaria (#334) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Altaria 2/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Altaria, while this one is M Altaria-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 220 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 37 other cards of Altaria list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fates Collide set binder is where a full Fates Collide set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Altaria can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.