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Generally, you can activate an activated ability as often as you want, as long as you can pay its cost every time
"We're talking about the Pokemon TCG, not the video game." playable adjective A card that is can be used in the official Pokemon Trading Card Game against very good players and actually be considered competitive
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The above image is not the metal monster, but a paper duplicate of the card
This means Articuno ex can be powered up and dealing 80 damage from the first turn

9 SHADOW VAMPIRE Shadow Vampire was part of some early Vampire support released for the archetype back in late 2013, in the aptly named set Shadow Specters