Great Encounters

Altaria GE 12/106

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Altaria GE 12

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read GE 12/106 there. Its illustration is signed Kagemaru Himeno.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Great Encounters set, released here on 1 February 2008.

When it came out

Great Encounters landed here on 1 February 2008.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
80
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
12/106
Set
Great EncountersGE
Illustrated by
Kagemaru Himeno

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Its attacks

Dragonbreath

40

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Cotton Cloud

60

During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Altaria by attacks from your opponent's Evolved Pokémon is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

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.

  1. A strength

    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.

  2. A strength

    Dragonbreath hits for 40 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Great Encounters hits harder for that price.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,427 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Colorless +20. Against a Colorless Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 3,910 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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.

See every Altaria card and its price