Galarian Articuno

Galarian Articuno

Galarian Articuno appears in the English print of SWSH Black Star Promos, released on November 15, 2019. Galarian Articuno is a promo rarity and 120 HP. The SWSH Black Star Promos set contains 307 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Shiburingaru.

Collector Insights

Galarian Articuno is a Psychic-type Pokémon with 120 HP, featured in the Sword & Shield series as part of the SWSH Black Star Promos set. It has a retreat cost of two Colorless Energy and a converted retreat cost of 2. The card includes an ability called Cruel Charge, which allows attaching up to two Psychic Energy cards from the player’s hand when played from their Bench during their turn. Its primary attack, Psylaser, costs two Psychic and one Colorless Energy, dealing 120 damage to a single opponent’s Pokémon while discarding all Psychic Energy from Galarian Articuno. The attack bypasses Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon, making it a direct threat. Galarian Articuno resists Fighting-type attacks by 30, but it is weak to Darkness-type attacks with double damage. The card’s flavor text describes it as a Pokémon capable of freezing opponents with beams that immobilize them. It was released as a Promo rarity on November 15, 2019, and is illustrated by Shiburingaru.

Known as Articuno, this Pokémon fires beams that can immobilize opponents as if they had been frozen solid.

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