Destino di Paldea / #128/91

Frigibax

Printed language: Italian · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Destino di Paldea
Rarity (source): Shiny rare
Illustrator: Taira Akitsu
Source reference: sv04.5-128

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Frigibax uses its dorsal fin to absorb heat and turn it into ice energy. The higher the temperature, the more it can store, a surprising process for a Pokémon associated with cold. It lives in forests and rocky areas, where this same fin cools the inside of its nest. The Pokédex thus compares it to a small natural refrigerator. Its shelter stays cool thanks to heat captured outside, while its body retains the energy from that conversion.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Scarlet emphasizes Frigibax's paradox: strong heat increases its reserve of ice energy. Pokémon Violet specifies the domestic use of this ability, with its fin cooling the inside of a nest in a forest or among rocks.

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Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Acqua
Stage (source): Base
Pokédex number: 996
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

Tassa

Cost: Acqua

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Battuta

Cost: Acqua · Incolore

Damage: 20

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