Articuno #86 from Miscellaneous Promos - Illustrated by Yui Tanaka

Articuno

#86/136 in Miscellaneous Promos, illustrated by Yui Tanaka.

Card number
#86/136
Language
Japanese
Release date
October 15, 1996
Illustrator
Yui Tanaka
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Collector Notes

Articuno

Articuno appears in the Japanese print of Miscellaneous Promos, released on October 15, 1996. The Miscellaneous Promos set contains 136 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Yui Tanaka.

Collector Insights

Articuno is a Pokémon Trading Card Game card illustrated by Yui Tanaka. It is part of the Miscellaneous Promos set, released on October 15, 1996. The card features two attacks: Freeze Dry, which costs three Water energy and flips a coin to potentially paralyze the defending Pokémon, and Blizzard, which requires four Water energy and flips a coin to deal 10 damage to either the opponent’s or player’s benched Pokémon, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. The card does not specify a hit point value or rarity. Its attacks focus on status effects and indirect damage, targeting benched Pokémon based on a coin flip outcome. The set is identified by the cardmarket ID 571833 and is categorized under the normalized set name "ja::miscellaneous promos." The card’s design and mechanics align with its role in the promotional set it originates from.

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