凍脊龍

Printed language: Traditional Chinese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): 閃色寶藏ex
Rarity (source): Not specified
Illustrator: Kouki Saitou
Source reference: SV4a-052

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): Water
Stage (source): Stage1
Pokédex number: 997
Regulation mark: G
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Metal ×2

Printed card text — Traditional Chinese

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

凍結周圍的空氣，以冰之面罩保護臉部，並將背鰭變成冰劍。

Attacks

銳利鰭

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 40

冰霜粉碎

Cost: Water · Water · Colorless

Damage: 80

Documented variants

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Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard

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