Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Latios
SM Black Star Promos · #SM88 · Promo · 2017
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$12.12
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM88 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 381
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 23.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Latios plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Lagoon Flight) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥55 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Latios
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.78 copies on average · 9 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Latios?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A highly intelligent Pokémon. By folding back its wings in flight, it can overtake jet planes."
CCBreak Through — 30
This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
PCCLagoon Flight — 70
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Latios was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.44 | $12.00 | $4,321.00 | $12.12 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.99 |
| 7-day average | €4.68 |
| 30-day average | €3.34 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €3.78 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.19 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.56 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.92 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Latios is real?
Latios is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Latios worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Latios is $12.12; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Latios from?
Latios is from the Pokémon set "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Latios?
Latios is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
Other Latios printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
