Archeops (Noble Victories 67)

Archeops (Japanese: アーケオス Archeos) is a Fighting-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Noble Victories expansion.

Archeops
アーケオス Archeos

Noble Victories print
Illus. Kouki Saitou

Evolution stage

Card name

130

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Archeops.

Card text

Ancient Power
げんしのちから

Each player can't play any Pokémon from his or her hand to evolve his or her Pokémon.

	Rock Slide いわなだれ	60

Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Fighting Fighting Archeops - First Bird Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
567	4'07" (1.4 m)	70.5 lbs. (32.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
They are intelligent and will cooperate to catch prey. From the ground, they use a running start to take flight.
ちじょうで　じょそうを　つけてから　とびたつ。なかまと　きょうりょくして　えものを　しとめる　ちのうを　もつ。

Fighting Fighting Archeops - First Bird Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
567	4'07" (1.4 m)	70.5 lbs. (32.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
This extremely rare Pokémon is a different color than usual. It is very hard to find.
通常とは色の異なるとても珍しいポケモン。出会うことはかなり難しい。

This card was included in the Noble Victories expansion with artwork by Kouki Saitou, first released in the Japanese Red Collection. It was later included in the Dark Explorers expansion with artwork by 5ban Graphics, as an Ultra-Rare Secret card originating from the Japanese Dark Rush expansion.

It was announced in July 2017 that this card was to be banned from all sanctioned Pokémon TCG tournaments using the Expanded format as it was ruled to create an unbalanced playing environment. The specific concerns were:
- Its Ancient Power Ability has a very negative effect on decks that rely on evolved Pokémon.
- It limits the number of viable strategies when used with Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick. Though this card had also been banned, the release of Ditto ♢ kept it relatively easy to play Archeops.

Ancient Power and Rock Slide are both moves in the Pokémon games that Archeops can learn. This card's Noble Victories Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Black. The Dark Explorers print features the Shiny version of Archeops.

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