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Archen

Tempestade Prateada / #146/195

Archen

Printed language: Portuguese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Tempestade Prateada
Rarity (source)
Incomum
Illustrator
Misa Tsutsui
Source reference
swsh12-146

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.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Incolor
Stage (source)
Estágio 1
Evolves from (printed name)
Fóssil Não Identificado
Pokédex number
566
Regulation mark
F
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Elétrico ×2
Resistance (source)
Lutador -30

Printed card text — Portuguese

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

Asa

Cost: Incolor

Damage: 30

Golpe de Garra

Cost: Incolor · Incolor · Incolor

Damage: 80

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • Normal · Padrão
  • Reverse · Padrão

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