Articuno

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): SM Black Star Promos
Rarity (source): Promo
Illustrator: Hitoshi Ariga
Source reference: smp-SM144

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The Pokémon’s story

Articuno crosses snowy peaks, freezing moisture in the air. The beating of its wings can herald snowfall, and its silhouette sometimes appears to travellers lost in the mountains. The Pokédex portrays it as a Legendary Pokémon whose presence changes the weather around it. Its arrival thus connects a very tangible icy phenomenon with accounts from people lost in the mountains, without these entries explaining why it reveals itself to them.

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

A detail worth noticing

Articuno’s long blue feathers are said to be made of ice, reports Pokémon Sword. The Pokédex presents this material as a belief, fitting for a Pokémon that is rarely approached. Its tail drifting above the mountains adds to the impression of a bird shaped by the cold it controls.

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Card details

HP: 120
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 144
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Lightning ×2
Resistance (source): Fighting -20

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air.

Attacks

Gust

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30

Sheer Cold

Cost: Water · Water · Colorless

Damage: 100

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can’t attack during your opponent’s next turn.

Documented variants

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Normal
normal · standard

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