Articuno 16/147 · Supreme Victors

Articuno is Pokédex #144, generation 1 (Kanto). Articuno is a Basic Water Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 41.

Articuno sits at 16/147 in Supreme Victors, position 16 of 153. Before it is 15 Arcanine G, and after it is 17 Butterfree FB. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Sharp Beak lists 30+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage. Ice Beam is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Metal +30. 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 30 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. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita 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 Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Supreme Victors set binder is where a full Supreme Victors 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.