Articuno-GX 171/168 · Celestial Storm

Articuno is Pokédex #144, generation 1 (Kanto). Articuno-GX is a Basic GX Water Pokémon with 170 HP.

Articuno-GX sits at 171/168 in Celestial Storm, position 174 of 187. Before it is 170 Blaziken-GX, and after it is 172 Electrode-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 August 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 168. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

Legendary Ascent is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may switch it with your Active Pokémon. If you do, move any number of Water Energy from your other Pokémon to this Pokémon. The attack Ice Wing lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Cold Crush-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Discard all Energy from both Active Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 is named Articuno, while this one is Articuno-GX. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 40 other cards of Articuno list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celestial Storm set binder is where a full Celestial Storm 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.