Entei and Articuno from ‘Incandescent Arcana’!

By: JustInBasil · Posted Posted onAug 25, 2022 at 3:16 AM · 16 Comments

Entei and Articuno have been revealed from the Japanese set Incandescent Arcana, which releases in Japan on September 2nd. We should see most of the cards from this set become part of our Silver Tempest in November.

Entei – Fire – HP120
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Explosive Heat Dash
If this Pokemon has any [R] Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost.

[C][C][C] Claw Slash: 90 damage.

Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: None
Retreat: 2

Articuno – Water – HP110
Basic Pokemon

[W] Ice Wing: 20 damage.

[W][W] Wild Freeze: 70 damage. This Pokemon does 50 damage to itself. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness: Metal (x2)
Resistance: None
Retreat: 1

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articuno is great, 2 para attacks with respectable damage. more with healing or scoop effects. really solid aggro-control.
 
Articuno could be cool for something like Gym Leader Challenge and that's about it. I'm not sure if this is better than the Ancient Trait one, but auto-Paralyzing is pretty strong.
 
Beautiful Articuno artwork. Let's see if Moltres and Zapdos compete with that. By the way, tonight it will be the full set revealed. :D
 
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The Articuno is interesting, I think if you can find a way to loop the Paralysis attack endlessly it can be very strong (like the Expanded Shock Lock deck). As it is you're going to run out of Scoop Up Nets/Hyper Potions and Energy Recyclers eventually.
 
Beautiful Articuno artwork! I'm not overly excited about either of the card's effects, but they're decently designed if not especially exciting or good. That Articuno will probably feature in a rogue deck or two due to the auto-paralysis.
 
Articuno could be insane in expanded with protection cube from flashfire. 70 for 2 W and guaranteed paralasis with no drawbacks? Definitely going to be toying with a deck around this concept!
 
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