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Altaria PL 18/127

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Altaria PL 18

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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 PL 18/127 there. Its illustration is signed Naoyo Kimura.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Platinum set, released here on 11 February 2009.

When it came out

Platinum landed here on 11 February 2009.

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
90
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
18/127
Set
PlatinumPL
Illustrated by
Naoyo Kimura

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Its attacks

Midnight Eyes

20

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Perish Song

If the Defending Pokémon is Asleep and was damaged or affected by Midnight Eyes during your last turn, the Defending Pokémon is Knocked Out.

Healing Song

40

Remove 1 damage counter from each of your 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.

  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. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,837 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning +20. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,837 tournament lists we have read, 478 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.

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