Articuno 1/100 · Majestic Dawn

Articuno is Pokédex #144, generation 1 (Kanto). Articuno is a Basic Water Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 46.

Articuno sits at 1/100 in Majestic Dawn, position 1 of 100. The next card is 2 Cresselia. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2008. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Freezing Screech is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you put Articuno from your hand onto your Bench, you may flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon. That Pokémon is now Paralyzed. The attack Blizzard lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air."

Articuno (#144) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Articuno 22/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 42 other cards of Articuno list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Majestic Dawn set binder is where a full Majestic Dawn set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Articuno can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.