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ウルトラフォース / #037/50

アルセウス

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
ウルトラフォース
Rarity (source)
Rare Holo
Illustrator
Masakazu Fukuda
Source reference
SM5p-037

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

In Sinnoh’s mythology, Arceus is said to have appeared as an Egg when nothing else existed. Accounts then credit it with creating the world and place it before the formation of the universe itself. The Pokédex reports these versions as traditions without presenting their chronology as an observed fact. This place at the origin of all things explains why Arceus holds a unique role in the region’s stories.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon X explicitly names Sinnoh’s mythology as the source of the account of Arceus’s Egg. Pokémon Y places it, still within mythology, before the universe. These entries describe a foundational belief rather than a scientific observation of its birth.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
160
Type (source)
Colorless
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
493
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting x2

Printed card text — Japanese

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

宇宙が まだ ない ころに 最初に 生まれた ポケモンと 神話の 中で 語られている。

Abilities

はじまりのおきて

Ability

このポケモンは、相手のポケモンが使うワザの効果を受けない。

Attacks

トリニティスター

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 30

このワザは、自分のベンチに[草]と[水]と[雷]ポケモンがいるときにしか使えない。自分の山札にある基本エネルギーを3枚まで、自分のポケモンに好きなようにつける。そして山札を切る。

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Holographic
  • holo · standard

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