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Ariados

Neo Genesis / #27/111

Ariados

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Neo Genesis
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
neo1-27

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Ariados can run along walls and ceilings thanks to the tiny hooks on its feet. At night, it sometimes leaves its web to actively seek prey, then restrains it with threads produced from its mouth or abdomen. This silk is so strong that it is also used to make fabrics in some regions. The Pokédex describes a hunter that does not depend on a fixed trap: its threads accompany it wherever it goes.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Moon notes that Ariados can produce thread from two parts of its body, its mouth and abdomen. Pokémon Sun mentions clothing woven from this strong silk in some regions. Its hunting technique therefore also supplies people with a textile material.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Spinarak
Pokédex number
168
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

It spins string not only from its rear but also from its mouth. It's hard to tell which end is which.

Attacks

Spider Web

Cost: Grass

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat. (Benching or evolving that Pokémon ends this effect.)

Poison Bite

Cost: Grass · Grass · Grass

Damage: 20

If this attack damages the Defending Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned and you remove a number of damage counters from Ariados equal to half that damage (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Ariados has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · standard
  • normal · standard · 1st-edition

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