Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Latios
Great Encounters · #23 · Rare · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$5.04
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 23 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Daisuke Ito
- Pokédex #
- 381
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 30 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.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass / Lightning Energy to attack — note its own type is Colorless, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Colorless type, weak to Colorless ×2 — a Colorless attacker doing ≥45 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 Colorless weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.82 copies on average · 11 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.
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."
CEnergy Draw — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a basic Energy card and attach it to Latios. Shuffle your deck afterward.
GLCCLuster Purge — 120
Discard 3 Energy attached to Latios.
Weakness:C+20
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $3.05 | $4.94 | $57.00 | $5.04 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $13.99 | $17.01 | $189.80 | $21.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €2.25 |
| 30-day average | €1.98 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.64 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.49 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.90 |
| reverseHoloSell | €4.57 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.73 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.22 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.53 |
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 $5.04; 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 "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Latios?
Latios is a Rare card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Latios printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
