Arceus

Arceus

ARFRAR5· Rare
Arceus AR AR5

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Colorless
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
AR5/99
Set
ArceusAR
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

no cost

Ripple SwellVague menaçante

If you have 6 Arceus in play and each of them is a different type, search your deck for up to 6 basic Energy cards. Attach each of those Energy cards to a different Pokémon you have in play. Shuffle your deck afterward.Si vous avez 6 Arceus en jeu et que chacun de ces Arceus est de type différent, choisissez jusqu'à 6 cartes Énergie de base dans votre deck. Attachez chacune de ces cartes Énergie à un autre Pokémon que vous avez en jeu. Ensuite, mélangez votre deck.

Sky SpearLance céleste

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Remove all Energy cards attached to Arceus and put them in the Lost Zone.Choisissez 1 des Pokémon de votre adversaire. Cette attaque lui inflige 80 dégâts. (Vous ne pouvez pas appliquer la Faiblesse et la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.) Retirez à Arceus toutes ses cartes Énergie et placez-les dans la Zone Perdue.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,426 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,426 tournament lists we have read, 1,013 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Arceus landed here on 4 November 2009.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

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