Articuno 2/62 · Fossil

Articuno is Pokédex #144, generation 1 (Kanto). Articuno is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 35.

Articuno sits at 2/62 in Fossil, position 2 of 62. Before it is 1 Aerodactyl, and after it is 3 Ditto. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on 10 October 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Freeze Dry lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Blizzard is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Water. 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 own Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. 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). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita 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 Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fossil set binder is where a full Fossil 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.