Articuno 16/108 · Roaring Skies

Articuno is Pokédex #144, generation 1 (Kanto). Articuno is a Basic Water Pokémon with 120 HP.

Articuno sits at 16/108 in Roaring Skies, position 16 of 112. Before it is 15 Talonflame, and after it is 17 Articuno. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Find Ice lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Search your deck for up to 3 Water Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Freezing Wind is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains."

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 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Articuno list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies 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.