Card text
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| Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed, and this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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Pokédex data (Wizards Promo print)
| Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
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Height
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Weight
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| 144
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5'7" (1.7 m)
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122 lbs. (55.4 kg)
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| Pokédex entry
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| This legendary Pokémon is said to freeze the water in the air during winter, causing snow.
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| 冬空の空気にふくまれる水分を凍らせて、雪を降らせる、伝説の鳥ポケモン。
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Pokédex data (Supreme Victors print)
| Articuno - Freeze Pokémon
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| No.
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Height
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Weight
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| 144
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5'07" (1.7 m)
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122.1 lbs. (55.4 kg)
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| Pokédex entry
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| This legendary Pokémon is said to freeze the water in the air during winter, causing snow.
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| ふゆぞらの くうきに ふくまれる すいぶんを こおらせて、 ゆきを ふらせる、 でんせつの とりポケモン。
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Release information
In Japan, this card was released as a promotional card by All Nippon Airlines throughout June and July in 1999 with artwork by Toshinao Aoki. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Pokémon Getaways" campaign could redeem their boarding passes for a two-card set that included Articuno and Flying Pikachu. The English version was given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of The Power of One with then English-exclusive artwork by Naoyo Kimura.
The card was reprinted in Japan with the English artwork in Pokémon Web. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in Supreme Victors as a retro card; this print omitted the second comma from the attack effect.
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Trivia
- The initial print of the Wizards promo erroneously credited Toshinao Aoki as the illustrator, who illustrated the Japanese promo. Wizards rectified the error, with subsequent prints correctly crediting Naoyo Kimura as the illustrator. However, the change was brought about close to or after the release of the film, so it is likely to assume fewer people received the correct version later into the campaign compared to those who received the misprint earlier.
- Diamond Dust is a weather condition that appears in Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver and Icirrus City on certain special days.
Origin
This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, though it is slightly reworded.
