SM Black Star Promos

Giratina

SMPSM151· Promo

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 130
Type: Psychic
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -20
Number: SM151/248
Set: SM Black Star PromosSMP
Illustrated by: Shin Nagasawa

Its Ability

Distortion Door

Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may put it onto your Bench. If you do, put 1 damage counter on 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon.

Its attacks

Shadow Impact

130

Put 4 damage counters on 1 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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Distortion Door. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,826 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 2,321 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.

When it came out

SM Black Star Promos landed here on 3 February 2017.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 26 Giratina cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Giratina card and its price

What the card itself says

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

HP: 130
Type: Psychic
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -20
Number: SM151/248
Set: SM Black Star PromosSMP
Illustrated by: Shin Nagasawa

Its Ability

Distortion Door

Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may put it onto your Bench. If you do, put 1 damage counter on 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon.

Its attacks

Shadow Impact

130

Put 4 damage counters on 1 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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Distortion Door. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,826 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 2,321 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 130
Type: Psychic
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -20
Number: SM151/248
Set: SM Black Star PromosSMP
Illustrated by: Shin Nagasawa

Its Ability

Distortion Door

Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may put it onto your Bench. If you do, put 1 damage counter on 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon.

Its attacks

Shadow Impact

130

Put 4 damage counters on 1 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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Distortion Door. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,826 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 2,321 run at least one Pokémon of that type.