Articuno 4 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Articuno 4
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hajime Kusajima

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 50 damage and a Metal weakness.

Water · Basic · Skyridge · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Articuno 4 do in a game?

Articuno 4 is a Water Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Ice Cyclone, is printed at 50 damage for 4 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Metal weakness, any Metal attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Basic Rare Unlimited #144 Articuno

Articuno 4Skyridge

80 HP · Water · Basic · retreat 2 · Metal weakness ×2

Top printed damage5013 per Energy Ice Cyclone50 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage5022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 13 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRareSkyridge45 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityRare

SetSkyridge

Card number4

AbilityWater Immunity

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$79.50Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Metal ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it675 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name45 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line41 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #144 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Articuno 4 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 28.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Articuno 4 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	49.6%	50 damage
Energy efficiency	28.4%	13 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EFreeze Solid10 damage per Energy card · has printed text10damage
4EIce Cyclone13 damage per Energy card · has printed text50damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 9,046 at 80 HP.

Water cardsNo. 1,282of 2,435 by printed HP SkyridgeNo. 29of 156 by printed HP

This cardArticuno 4Skyridge80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Articuno 4

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 13 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Metal attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 6 of the 43 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Articuno 4 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic, printed in Skyridge.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 50 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Metal weakness at ×2, which means 40 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Articuno 4 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 50 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.

Articuno 4 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Freeze Solid	1 Colorless	1	10	10	If there are any Water Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Articuno.
Ice Cyclone	2 Water + 2 Colorless	4	50	13	Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Pokémon in play. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Freeze Solid1 Energy card

Ice Cyclone4 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Freeze Solid 1 Energy10 damage for 1 Energy — 10 per Energy card10
Ice Cyclone 4 Energy50 damage for 4 Energy — 13 per Energy card50

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (50).

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How does Articuno 4 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Articuno 4 — Skyridge — ArticunoSkyridge 4

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Articuno 4 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

50% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Articuno printed120 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 80 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 50.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 29of 156

That is where Articuno 4 stands highest on HP — number 29 of 156 cards in Skyridge. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 6,925 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 43% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 1,282 of 2,435 by HP · No. 912 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 39% on damage
Skyridge — 182 cards No. 29 of 156 by HP · No. 12 of 148 by damage · top by HP: Machamp, 120

top 7% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 50 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 50

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Articuno 4 does without attacking

Articuno 4 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Water Immunity — Poké-Body

You can't attach Water Energy cards from your hand to Articuno.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Articuno 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 50 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Articuno 4 — this card13.050 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 13.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Articuno 4 — this card	13.0	50 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsFreeze Solid 10 / 1Ice Cyclone 50 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Articuno 4.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Freeze Solid	—	10	—
Ice Cyclone	—	13	—

This card, per Energy card

13 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-36.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 50 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Articuno 4?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 925 Metal cards carry that type A Metal attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Articuno 4 · Basic 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 50 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Waterweak to Metal

Fireweak to Water

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Metal.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Articuno 4 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Metal attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

675

Cards it removes in one attack

958

Metal damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Metal weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackBronzongPhantasmal Flames 7240 damage

×2Metal weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardArticuno 4Skyridge 480 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 667 cards in the archive that can remove Articuno 4 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Articunoweak to Metal ×2

Articunoresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Metal cards that remove Articuno in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Zacian V-UNION (SWSH163)	SWSH Black Star Promos	320	340	680
Zacian V-UNION (SWSH164)	SWSH Black Star Promos	320	340	680
Zacian V-UNION (SWSH165)	SWSH Black Star Promos	320	340	680
Zacian V-UNION (SWSH166)	SWSH Black Star Promos	320	340	680
Zacian VSTAR (96)	Crown Zenith	270	310	620
Aggron VMAX (97)	Brilliant Stars	330	270	540

80 HP against a Metal ×2 weakness means any Metal attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 675 cards in the archive clear that bar.

100 HP Volcarona [13]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

958 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Articuno as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Articuno 4 is one print of Articuno. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Articuno has been printed 45 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Articuno cards ever printedPokédex #144Prints on record 45Toughest print 300 HPThis card 80 HP

45prints

Legal in Standard6Older prints, not in Standard39

Every Articuno print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Articuno printed is 300 HP, and this card is 26.7% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX SM210the toughest Articuno ever printedSM Promos300 HP
Articuno 4against that record26.7% of the record80 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Articuno print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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Is this the strongest Articuno print, and can the older ones still be played?

45 prints carry this name in the archive, and 43 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (300 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

43 rows are shown of the 45 prints counted under this name.

Articuno prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX SM210	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 44/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 66/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 69/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno V 170/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno V TG16/TG30	SWSH10: Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno V 058/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno V 169/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno V 181/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Articuno-EX 132/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno-GX 171/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno-GX SV54/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno-GX 154/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno-EX 25/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno-GX 31/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 25/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Articuno 051/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Articuno SM144	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno SWSH123	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 27/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 17/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 32/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno 063/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 016/108	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Articuno SWSH282	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 144/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Articuno 024/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Articuno ex 114/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 161/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Articuno 32/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 036/195	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Articuno 032/159	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rocket's Articuno ex 96/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 1/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 16	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Seviper 009/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 48/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 004/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 002/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 148	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 02/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 17/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Articuno 22/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

6 of the 43 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Articuno 4 in Skyridge?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #4 in Skyridge. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Articuno 4, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Articuno 4
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Articuno 4 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on May 12, 2003.

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Articuno 4 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Ice Cyclone, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 1,282 of 2,435

SkyridgeNo. 29 of 156

What actually removes it

A Metal attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
675 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 958 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Articuno 4 card record

Articuno 4 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Metal ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#144
Set	Skyridge	Card number	4 of 144
Series	E-Card	Released	May 12, 2003
Rarity	Rare	Illustrator	Hajime Kusajima
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Articuno 4 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$79.50

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

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Articuno 4 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Articuno 4?

Articuno 4 has 80 HP and a Metal weakness at ×2, so a Metal attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Articuno 4?

Ice Cyclone, printed at 50 damage for 4 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Pokémon in play. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

What is the retreat cost of Articuno 4?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Articuno print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 43 prints listed on this page, 6 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Articuno 4 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Articuno 4 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Articuno 4 — what does this card actually do?

What does Articuno 4 do in a game?

Articuno 4 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Articuno 4 at a glance

What do the attacks on Articuno 4 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Articuno 4 compare with every other card?

What Articuno 4 does without attacking

Is Articuno 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Articuno 4?

What knocks out Articuno 4 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Articuno as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Is this the strongest Articuno print, and can the older ones still be played?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Articuno 4?

What was printed next to Articuno 4 in Skyridge?

Which rules apply to Articuno 4, and where can it be played?

Articuno 4 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Articuno 4 card record

What does Articuno 4 cost?

Articuno 4 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Articuno 4?

What is the strongest attack on Articuno 4?

What is the retreat cost of Articuno 4?

Can an older Articuno print be played in a tournament?

Can Articuno 4 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Articuno 4 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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