Character info
The character
Froslass is a Snow Land Pokémon known for freezing unwary travelers and trapping their spirits inside blocks of ice, drawing on folklore about women lost in cold mountains. It evolves from Snorunt and is classified as an Ice and Ghost type. Froslass is often depicted as ethereal and vengeful, haunting cold regions.
This card
This is the Special Illustration Rare printing of Mega Froslass ex from the Ascended Heroes set, numbered 265 out of 217 in the set's base count. The card features extended artwork by Saboteri, showing Mega Froslass in a dynamic pose set against a stylized background with large Japanese-style lettering. The holographic treatment and full-art design are characteristic of the Special Illustration Rare subtype.
How it plays
Mega Froslass ex is a Stage 1 Pokémon with 310 HP and a Water-type weakness indicator of x2 on the card icon area, with Psychic weakness listed on the card. Its first attack, Resentful Refrain, costs one Water energy and deals 50 damage multiplied by the number of cards in the opponent's hand. Its second attack, Absolute Snow, costs one Water and two Psychic energy, deals 150 damage, and puts the opponent's Active Pokémon to sleep. The card also carries the Mega Evolution ex rule, meaning the opponent takes 3 Prize cards when this Pokémon is Knocked Out, and it has a retreat cost of one Psychic energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Ascended Heroes, a set of 217 cards, rarity SR. The details on this certificate match it.
A catalogue match is not the authenticity check. It confirms the card is the card it claims to be. Whether it is genuine was checked separately, on the card itself; see Authenticity below.
About this card
#478 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IV Pokémon · 110 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Snorunt.
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Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
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