Glaceon ex from Shiny Treasure (sv8a) is a striking example of how modern Japanese card design blends crystalline aesthetics with the mechanical depth of the Scarlet & Violet era. This Terastal‑themed card showcases Glaceon encased in shimmering, faceted ice, making it an ideal subject for the GeoPik Museum’s exploration of geological symbolism in Pokémon art.
Card Details
Pokémon Name: Glaceon ex (グレイシア ex)
Set: Shiny Treasure (sv8a)
Year: 2023
Card Number: 041‑187
Rarity/Edition: Double Rare (RR) – Pokémon ex
Artist: CG Works
National Pokédex No.: 471
Card Text & Attacks
Type: Water
HP: 270
Evolves From: Eevee
Ability — Terastal
This Pokémon takes no damage from attacks while on the Bench.
Attack 1 — Frost Bullet (フロストバレット)
Cost: Water ×2, Colourless ×1
Damage: 110
Effect: Deal 30 damage to one of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Benched Pokémon do not apply Weakness or Resistance.)
Attack 2 — Euclase (ユークレース)
Cost: Water ×1
Effect: Choose one of your opponent’s Pokémon with six damage counters on it; that Pokémon is Knocked Out.
Weakness: Steel ×2
Resistance: None
Retreat Cost: Colourless ×1
Rule Box: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Pokédex Entry:
Japanese: 「全身の体毛が凍りつき、鋭い氷の結晶のようになる。」
Romaji: Zenshin no taimō ga kōritsuki, surudoi kōri no kesshō no yō ni naru.
English: Its body fur freezes into sharp, ice‑like crystals.
Collector’s Notes
Glaceon ex is a natural fit for the GeoPik Museum due to its strong thematic ties to crystallography, mineral optics, and metamorphic ice structures. The Terastal mechanic enhances this connection: Glaceon appears encased in a faceted, gemstone‑like shell, echoing the geometric precision of naturally occurring ice crystals.
The artwork by CG Works uses refractive colour gradients and prismatic highlights reminiscent of euhedral crystal faces, where minerals grow freely and develop well‑formed geometric shapes. This is particularly fitting given the name of its second attack, Euclase, which is also the name of a real mineral — a beryllium aluminium hydroxide silicate known for its vivid blue hues and perfect cleavage. The attack’s effect — instantly felling a weakened opponent — mirrors the brittle, fracture‑prone nature of euclase crystals.
Glaceon’s Pokédex lore reinforces this geological reading. Its fur freezing into sharp crystalline structures parallels the formation of hoarfrost, firn, and metamorphic ice, where snow recrystallises under pressure into dense, interlocking grains. The Terastal form amplifies this, transforming Glaceon into a living ice geode: a core of organic life surrounded by a shell of glittering mineral beauty.
Although Glaceon is not a Rock‑type, its strong association with ice crystals, mineral‑like structures, and the physics of freezing places it firmly within the Friends of Geopik category — Pokémon whose biology or art provides a meaningful geological analogue.
