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2009-9-22 Articuno SV 148/147

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[gal=48286]2009-9-22 Articuno SV 148/147[/gal]​
 
1st wooooooooooooooot. Anyway this is one of the worst fully evolved cards in the set. Other than arcanine. Binder bait though.

2/10
 
7/10. the art is SO beautiful. i would trade for it, and i am not usually a sucker for these types. plus no weakness is kind of fun. not playable though.

PS. ^ thanks for actually having something to say, other than "1st!!!!"
 
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I consider this 1 the best of the 3 promo Legendary Birds but it's still too slow. 3 water energies for 20 weak damage with a chance to Paralize and do 10 damage to all of your opponent's benched Pokemon. The best Articuno is Freezing Screech/Blizzard Articuno. I'd rather do 60 damage with a chance to do 10 damage to my opponent's benched Pokemon than 20 damage with a chance of paralysis and 10 damage to my opponent's benched Pokemon. 3/10
 
Today's CotD is Articuno SV, another oldie reprint that best serves as a coaster really (even back in the day). Statwise, 70 HP is ok, no Weakness is wonderful, -30 Resistance to :fighting: is useful (though Machamp OHKOs you with Take Out anyways) and :colorless to Retreat is cheap. So, why is it so bad? Its sole attack, Diamond Dust, is horrible; :water::water::water: for a mere 20 is already ridiculous, even if you get Paralysis and 10 damage to all of your opponent's benched Pokemon if you flip Heads.

Modified - 1/10 (Like I said, makes a good coaster)
Limited - 1/10 (Meat shield, if you waste Energy to use Diamond Dust...well, :nonono:)
Unlimited - 1/10 (Great coaster since you can use it here also)
 
It's cool that they released in America the cards that they originally gave out as a promotion for a Japanese airline. I definitely want this for my binder. As far as game play goes, I consider it worthless.
 
Terrible. The attack is overcosted, the HP is too low, the effect is bad, and I also hate Articuno, but not because of the card.

Overall: 0.0002/10
 
FlamingJapaneseMan said:
Terrible. The attack is overcosted, the HP is too low, the effect is bad, and I also hate Articuno, but not because of the card.

Overall: 0.0002/10
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That's cause on shoddy articuno can outstall everything :D

but on topic.
Rubbish picture, rubbish attack, rubbish secret rare, only good as trade bait.
1/10 (like Regis_Neo said makes a good coaster to put your drinks on)
 
Clearly you all missed where my pro Artistall deck won a League tournament.
With four Chatots and four Crobat Gs as freetreat starts, I would build up an Articuno on the bench.
Typically, by the time this happened and my opponent stopped to read my card, he'd have evolved his pokes fully.
Then, with the help of rigged dice, I did 20+paralyze+spread ten every turn.

So pro. 10/10 with rigged dice and bad opponents.
 
This is one of the Secret Rares in Supreme Victors and as such, it is not much of a playable card as it is a collectible card. Oddly enough, I don't know whether Articuno SV is more playable than this one (and that's saying something :tongue:), but still it's nice mainly for trade bait and the art is nice as well.

HP of 70 is nice for a Basic in the yester years but is pitiful today. No weakness is great but because of it's HP (with is pretty OHKO-able in the format), it will not last long enough anyway. The resistance does not really help, and Machamp will still score the KO. Finally, the retreat cost is OK.

Diamond Dust is disappointing- 20 damage for 3 Water, with a chance to spread and paralyze. If your opponent has a full bench, this attack has a 50/50 chance to do 70 damage all-in-all with the Paralyzing effect. Yes, it's underpowered but what can you do? At least it does not have a drawback unlike the other two birds.

Modified- 1.5/10 (just because Diamond Dust has no noticeable drawback)
Limited- 1/10 (don't spend 3 Energies on this one, spend it on a Stage 1 or Stage 2 instead)
 
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