Articuno (Promotional Card P03)

Articuno LV.37
フリーザー Freezer

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

100

weakness None	resistance -30	retreat cost

TCG GB1 set	Promotional Card
TCG GB1 ID	P03
TCG GB2 set	Promotion Card
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	P08

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Articuno.

Articuno (Japanese: フリーザー Freezer) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It is a card made exclusively for Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color.

Card text

Pokémon Power:

Quickfreeze
こおりつかせる

When you put Articuno into play during your turn (not during set-up), flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

	Ice Breath こおりのいき

Does 40 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon chosen at random. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.)

Pokédex data

Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
144	5'7" (1.7 m)	122 lbs. (55.4 kg)
Pokédex entry
A legendary bird Pokémon. It freezes water that is contained in winter air and makes it snow.
雪山で寒くて死にそうなとき、目の前に現れるという伝説の冷凍ポケモン。

Release information

This card was made exclusively for Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color and was not released as a physical card in any language; however, a full card mock-up was included in the Pokémon Card Official Book 2000.

Gallery

TCG GB1 Promotional Card sprite

TCG GB2 Promotion Card sprite

Trivia

This card displays a "GB" symbol in place of an expansion symbol, indicating it was created exclusively for the Game Boy.
This is one of the four Legendary Cards central to the plot of Pokémon Trading Card Game and its sequel Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!
This card uses the same stock art of Articuno that was previously used on the promotional phone card print of Articuno.

Origin

This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.