Entei in the Sun & Moon Era (SM8 022/095, SM11a 011/064, SM3p GX): Pokemon Card Guide

The Four Sun & Moon-Code Entei Entries

The table below uses only the official card database on pokemon-card.com. It does not print rarity letters for these cards, so none is given. All four are Basic Pokemon. The two regular Entei carry the Pokedex line No.244, and the GX carries the GX rule instead.

Our database extract carries the set codes, not the set names. Our graded-card listings call SM8 the Expansion Pack “Super-Burst Impact”, and our legendary-beasts guide gives its release as Friday, September 7, 2018. The SM3p and SM11a release dates are not stated in the sources we hold, so we leave them out rather than guess.

For the other eras of Entei, the Entei cards guide is the broad reference and the legendary beasts guide places Entei beside Raikou and Suicune.

Entei SM8 022/095 (kawayoo)

This is the regular Entei of the SM8 set: a Basic Pokemon with 130 HP, the Pokedex line No.244 かざんポケモン (rendering: Volcano Pokemon) and no rule box. Its two attacks, rendered from the printed Japanese (rendering):

The second attack is the odd one out in this guide: its extra damage depends on what is on top of both decks, not on Energy attached or the Bench. That makes it a different design from the ほのおのキバ (rendering: Flame Fang) attack on the 2021 Start Deck 100 print, where the Burn comes with 90 damage. kawayoo is also the database credit on the Suicune KK 004/018 entry.

SM8 is the set that also carries two Suicune GX prints and a Raikou: the database lists Raikou SM8 037/095, credited to Kagemaru Himeno. The three beasts therefore each have an SM8 entry, which makes the set a natural place to compare them. Our Suicune Japanese cards guide covers the Suicune GX side.

Of the three SM8 beast entries, only the Suicune GX is a rule-box card, so it is the only one of the three that gives up 2 Prize cards when Knocked Out; the Entei and Raikou are plain Basics. Each of the three has a different illustrator, and none of them shares an attack with another.

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Our box listing is titled “SM8-Super Explosive Impact” while our card listings and guides call the same set “Super-Burst Impact”; the shared identifier is the code SM8. A sealed box is the way to buy the set itself. It is not a way to target one specific card, and we make no statement about what any box contains beyond the set’s card list.

The Attacks Compared

One way to see how the three sets differ is to line up the damage numbers and the single condition each printing attaches to them. All figures come from the rendered database text above.

Two of the three combine a Burn with a mid-range hit (the GX and SM8 prints), while SM11a is the only one with no status effect at all. The comparison is of printed text only; it is not a ranking of how the cards perform.

None of the four entries prints an Ability. The later Entei V cards (SI 056/414 and the S12a prints) do: a draw Ability usable from the Active Spot. Our Entei V PSA 10 guide shows that later design.

What We List From These Sets

We do not currently list an Entei or Entei GX print from SM3p, SM8 or SM11a. What we do list from the same SM8 set is below, with the SM8 sealed box as the only product aimed at the set as a whole. The back orders are sourced to order, and each product page shows the current terms.

The rarity letters in that table are the ones our listing names carry (as our listing names them); the official database does not print them. The two Suicune GX listings share the SM8 set with the Entei 022/095 and the 5ban Graphics credit with the Entei GX of SM3p. Another SM8 card we list is the Lugia GX 108/095, offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥130,000 (~$844) — sourced to order; the product page shows the current terms.

The sibling guides in this series cover the other eras: the Start Deck 100 guide for SI 055/414 and 056/414, and the full database checklist for every Entei entry.

Where This Sits Next to the Entei Trademark Report

On October 29, 2026 fan sites reported a Japanese trademark filing for 「マグマの鼓動」 (working English translation: Magma Heartbeat; no official English name exists), which collectors read as a possible Entei set; nothing is announced. Our Entei trademark explainer explains what is confirmed and what is not, and the 2027 sets and trademarks round-up sets all four reported names side by side.

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