Articuno (Wizards Promo 22): Difference between revisions

Articuno LV.34 フリーザー Freezer

Japanese promotional print Illus. Toshinao Aoki

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Articuno Type Water HP 70 weakness None resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 22 Japanese expansion Pokémon Web Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 045/048 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion Supreme Victors Rarity English card no. 148/147 Japanese expansion Beat of the Frontier Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 099/100 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Articuno.

Articuno (Japanese: フリーザー Freezer) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the Wizards Black Star Promos and part of the Supreme Victors expansion.

Card text

Diamond Dust ダイヤモンドダスト 20

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed, and this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pokédex data (Wizards Promo print)

Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
144	5'7" (1.7 m)	122 lbs. (55.4 kg)
Pokédex entry
This legendary Pokémon is said to freeze the water in the air during winter, causing snow.
冬空の空気にふくまれる水分を凍らせて、雪を降らせる、伝説の鳥ポケモン。

Pokédex data (Supreme Victors print)

Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
144	5'07" (1.7 m)	122.1 lbs. (55.4 kg)
Pokédex entry
This legendary Pokémon is said to freeze the water in the air during winter, causing snow.
ふゆぞらの くうきに ふくまれる すいぶんを こおらせて、 ゆきを ふらせる、 でんせつの とりポケモン。

Release information

In Japan, this card was released as a promotional card by All Nippon Airlines throughout June and July in 1999 with artwork by Toshinao Aoki. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Pokémon Getaways" campaign could redeem their boarding passes for a two-card set that included Articuno and Flying Pikachu. The English version was given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of The Power of One with then English-exclusive artwork by Naoyo Kimura.
The card was reprinted in Japan with the English artwork in Pokémon Web. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in Supreme Victors as a retro card; this print omitted the second comma from the attack effect.

Gallery

Wizards Black Star Promo print Illus. Naoyo Kimura	Japanese promotional print Illus. Toshinao Aoki	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• The initial print of the Wizards promo erroneously credited Toshinao Aoki as the illustrator, who illustrated the Japanese promo. Wizards rectified the error, with subsequent prints correctly crediting Naoyo Kimura as the illustrator. However, the change was brought about close to or after the release of the film, so it is likely to assume fewer people received the correct version later into the campaign compared to those who received the misprint earlier.
• Diamond Dust is a type of weather that appears in Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver, and Icirrus City on certain special days.

• This card's Japanese artwork is part of a larger image, which also includes Moltres (Wizards Promo 21) and Zapdos (Wizards Promo 23).

The complete image by Toshinao Aoki

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, though it is slightly reworded.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.