Unseen Forces

Ariados

UF2· Rare
Ariados UF 2

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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
1
Weakness
×2
Number
2/115
Set
Unseen ForcesUF
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Reactive Poison

10+

Does 10 damage plus 30 more damage for each Special Condition affecting the Defending Pokémon.

Spider Trap

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Before applying this effect, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. If you do, the new Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch.

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. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 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

Unseen Forces landed here on 22 August 2005.

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