Articuno 32/181 · Team Up

Articuno is Pokédex #144, generation 1 (Kanto). Articuno is a Basic Water Pokémon with 110 HP.

Articuno sits at 32/181 in Team Up, position 32 of 198. Before it is 31 Lapras, and after it is 33 Pikachu & Zekrom-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 1, 2019. The printed size is 181. This checklist is longer, at 198 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Blizzard Veil is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, whenever your opponent plays a Supporter card from their hand, prevent all effects of that card done to your Benched Water Pokémon. The attack Cold Cyclone lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Move 2 Water Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×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 110 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Yusuke Ohmura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 41 other cards of Articuno list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yusuke Ohmura. I count 60 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Up set binder is where a full Team Up 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 Legendary birds. I still need this card.