SVP Black Star Promos / #064/225

Arctibax

Printed language: Italian · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): SVP Black Star Promos
Rarity (source): Promo
Illustrator: Teeziro
Source reference: svp-064

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Arctibax cools the air around it to protect itself and fight. It forms an ice mask over its face, then turns its frozen dorsal fin into a blade. To drive it into an opponent, it can perform a forward somersault in the air. Its powerful legs and back make this acrobatics possible despite its body weight. Cold is therefore more than a breath: it also shapes its equipment and determines how it strikes.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Scarlet separately describes two uses of cold: a mask in front of the face and a blade on the dorsal fin. Pokémon Violet specifies that Arctibax strikes with this blade by performing a forward rotation.

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Card details

HP: 90
Type (source): Acqua
Stage (source): Livello 1
Evolves from (printed name): Frigibax
Pokédex number: 997
Regulation mark: G
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Metallo ×2

Printed card text — Italian

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

Pinnaffilata

Cost: Acqua · Incolore

Damage: 40

Gelocolpo

Cost: Acqua · Acqua · Incolore

Damage: 80

Documented variants

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Holographic
Olografica · Cosmo · Standard

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