Articuno ex 32/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos

Nintendo Black Star Promos is a set in the NP series. It was released on October 1, 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. Articuno ex is 32/40, in position 32 of 40 on this checklist. Before it is 31 Moltres ex, and after it is 33 Zapdos ex. The listed rarity is Promo.

Articuno ex is a Basic EX Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Articuno (#144), generation 1 (Kanto).

Nakaoka illustrated this card. The same name is on 46 other cards in the catalog.

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 is named Articuno, while this one is Articuno ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Nakaoka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 42 other cards of Articuno list a different HP.

Synchronized Lift is listed as Poké-Body. As long as you have Zapdos ex and Moltres ex in play, the Retreat Cost for Articuno ex is 0. The attack Ice Gift lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. You may move a Water Energy attached to Articuno ex to 1 of your Pokémon. Freezing Wing is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Nintendo Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Articuno can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.