Llama Blanca / #131/86

Archen

Printed language: Spanish · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Llama Blanca
Rarity (source): Rara Ilustración
Illustrator: Ounishi
Source reference: sv10.5w-131

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Archen is an ancient bird brought back from a fossil. It has wings but cannot yet fly: it moves through trees by hopping and can glide toward prey from a high branch. It eats Berries and Bug-type Pokémon. Long presented as the ancestor of all bird Pokémon, it is now the subject of more cautious research; a recent entry indicates that this ancestry may be false. Its place in the history of species therefore remains open.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sun presents Archen as an ancestor of birds, but Pokémon Ultra Sun specifies that recent research disputes this idea. Pokémon Ultra Moon recalls another detail: despite its wings, the restored fossil cannot fly.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Lucha
Stage (source): Fase 1
Evolves from (printed name): Fósil Pluma Antiguo
Pokédex number: 566
Regulation mark: I
Retreat cost: 1 Energy

Printed card text — Spanish

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.

Attacks

Acróbata

Cost: Lucha · Incolora

Damage: 30+

Lanza 2 monedas. Este ataque hace 30 puntos de daño más por cada cara.

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · estándar

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