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Articuno LV.34
フリーザー Freezer
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| For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Articuno.
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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
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Diamond Dust
ダイヤモンドダスト
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20
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| 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.)
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Pokédex data (Wizards Black Star Promo print)
| Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
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Height
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Weight
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| 144
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5'7" (1.7 m)
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122 lbs. (55.4 kg)
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| Pokédex entry
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| This legendary Pokémon is said to freeze the water in the air during winter, causing snow.
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| 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。
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Pokédex data (Supreme Victors print)
| Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
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| No.
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Height
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Weight
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| 144
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5'07" (1.7 m)
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122.1 lbs. (55.4 kg)
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| Pokédex entry
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| This legendary Pokémon is said to freeze the water in the air during winter, causing snow.
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| 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。
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Release information
In Japan, this card was first released as an Unnumbered Promotional card with artwork by Toshinao Aoki and was distributed by All Nippon Airlines between June 1 and July 31, 1999. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Everyone's Happy Campaign" could redeem two domestic boarding pass stubs for a two-card set that included Articuno and Flying Pikachu. Stubs were required to be affixed to special postcards and mailed to Media Factory. The postcards could be obtained from airport counters or from the ANA branch office. The English version was one of the Wizards Black Star Promos given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of The Power of One, with new artwork by Naoyo Kimura. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in Supreme Victors as a retro card, having previously been released in the Japanese Beat of the Frontier expansion. This print omits the second comma from the attack effect.
Gallery
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.
- The artwork used on the Japanese Unnumbered Promotional print and the Supreme Victors print is part of a combined illustration that includes Moltres and Zapdos.
- This card is very similar to Articuno from the Pokémon Web expansion, with the addition of
Weakness, and it uses the same artwork as the Wizards Black Star Promotional print.
Origin
Diamond dust is a type of weather that appears in select locations and at select times in the Pokémon games. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, though it is slightly reworded.
