Emerald
Altaria ex
Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 100
- Type
- Colorless
- Retreat cost
- 1
Its Ability
Mist
Any damage done to Altaria ex by attacks from Stage 2 Evolved Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's) is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Its attacks
Dive
20Dragon Mist
70This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
- Dragon Mist hits for 70 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Emerald hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Mist. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 38 Altaria cards on one page, priciest first.