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Ariados
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Attack Spider Web: Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat. (Benching or evolving that Pokémon ends this effect.)
Attack Poison Bite (20): If this attack damages the Defending Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned and you remove a number of damage counters from Ariados equal to half that damage (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Ariados has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
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Ariados from Neo Genesis plays like a sticky tempo-control threat, built to slow the opponent rather than race them. Spider Web can trap a key attacker in the Active Spot on a successful coin flip, buying time for your board to develop and forcing awkward switches or evolution lines to break free. Poison Bite adds real pressure: 20 damage plus Poison is enough to wear down Basics and weakened Evolutions, while the self-heal clause can offset chip damage and let Ariados stay on the field longer than expected. The best deck shells for it are Grass-focused control or midrange lists that can capitalize on stalled opponents, especially with healing or defensive support to keep Ariados alive after repeated attacks. Pairing it with cards that increase retreat costs, limit switching, or exploit Poison damage makes its lock-and-chip plan far more threatening.
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Character Background
Ariados from Neo Genesis plays like a sticky tempo-control threat, built to slow the opponent rather than race them. Spider Web can trap a key attacker in the Active Spot on a successful coin flip, buying time for your board to develop and forcing awkward switches or evolution lines to break free. Poison Bite adds real pressure: 20 damage plus Poison is enough to wear down Basics and weakened Evolutions, while the self-heal clause can offset chip damage and let Ariados stay on the field longer than expected. The best deck shells for it are Grass-focused control or midrange lists that can capitalize on stalled opponents, especially with healing or defensive support to keep Ariados alive after repeated attacks. Pairing it with cards that increase retreat costs, limit switching, or exploit Poison damage makes its lock-and-chip plan far more threatening.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 05:10:45 UTC