Arceus

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Arceus
Rarity (source): Selten
Illustrator: Kouki Saitou
Source reference: pl4-AR4

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.

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Card details

HP: 90
Type (source): Wasser
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 493
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Elektro ×2

Printed card text — German

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

Die Mythologie erzählt, dass dieses PKMN geboren wurde, bevor das Universum überhaupt existierte.

Attacks

Rasende Schallwelle

Cost: Wasser · Farblos · Farblos

Damage: 50

Resistenz, Poké-Power, Poké-Body und alle anderen Effekte auf dem Verteidigenden Pokémon haben keine Auswirkungen auf die Schadenspunkte dieses Angriffs.

Documented variants

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Holographic
Holo · Standard

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