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Frigibax

Paldea Evolved / #058/193

Frigibax

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Paldea Evolved
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
AKIRA EGAWA
Source reference
sv02-058

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)
Water
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
996
Regulation mark
G
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Metal ×2

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

Frigibax absorbs heat through its dorsal fin and converts the heat into ice energy. The higher the temperature, the more energy Frigibax stores.

Attacks

Chilly

Cost: Water

Damage: 10

Bite

Cost: Water · Water · Colorless

Damage: 50

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • Holographic
  • normal · standard
  • holo · cosmos · standard · snowflake
  • reverse · standard

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