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Articuno LV.34
フリーザー Freezer
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Articuno (Japanese: フリーザー Freezer) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.
Card text
English release
As long as
Articuno is your Active Pokémon, your Benched Pokémon do not take damage from and are not affected by attacks. This power cannot be used if
Articuno is affected by a
Special Condition.
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now
Paralyzed.
Japanese release
As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, prevent all effects of your opponent's attacks, including damage, done to each of your Benched Pokémon. This power cannot be used if this Pokémon is
Asleep,
Confused, or
Paralyzed.
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now
Paralyzed.
Pokédex data
A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.
雪山で寒くて死にそうな時、目の前に現れるといわれる伝説のれいとうポケモン。
Release information
This card was released as a Wizards Black Star Promo through the Pokémon League in July 2002. In Japan, it was first available as a glossy card on sheet nine of Expansion Sheet 2. It was reprinted as a non-glossy Holofoil card in the Red Deck of the Quick Starter Gift Set. All Japanese prints use the Original Series layout and have the Pokémon Power not working if the Pokémon is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. The English print uses the Neo Series layout and has the Pokémon Power not working if the Pokémon is affected by any Special Condition.
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Trivia
Origin
Aurora Veil is a move later introduced in the Generation VII Pokémon games that Articuno can learn; however, the Japanese names are different, making this Pokémon Power and the move unrelated. Ice Beam is a move that Articuno can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Blue.
