Aquapolis

Ariados

AQH03· Holo Rare
Ariados AQ H03

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
70
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Number
H03/147
Set
AquapolisAQ
Illustrated by
Shin-ichi Yoshida

Its Ability

Gluey Slime

As long as Ariados is in play, each player must pay an additional Colorless to retreat his or her Active Pokémon. Gluey Slime can't make a player pay more than an additional Colorless to retreat a Pokémon, even if there is more than 1 Ariados in play.

Its attacks

Spider Force

20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. If tails, this attack does 20 damage and the defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

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

    It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Gluey Slime. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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 Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 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

Aquapolis landed here on 15 January 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 17 Ariados cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Ariados card and its price