Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Armaldo
Legends Awakened · #18 · Rare · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$3.18
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 18 / 146
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Anorith
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kazuaki Aihara
- Pokédex #
- 348
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Armaldo plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Crush Claw) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Anorith first).
How to beat Armaldo
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Kazuaki Aihara
This card was illustrated by Kazuaki Aihara.
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Building around Armaldo?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It went ashore after evolving. Its entire body is clad in a sturdy armor."
Poké-Body: Fossil Armor
If Armaldo would be damaged by an attack, prevent that attack's damage done to Armaldo if that damage is 60 or less.
FFCCrush Claw — 60
During your next turn, if an attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 40 more damage.
Weakness:G+30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.29 | $3.40 | $30.50 | $3.18 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.15 | $6.47 | $99.90 | $6.31 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.60 |
| 7-day average | €2.06 |
| 30-day average | €1.66 |
| Low | €0.30 |
| Trend price | €1.98 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.90 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.40 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.99 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.72 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.54 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Armaldo is real?
Armaldo is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Armaldo worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Armaldo is $3.18; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Armaldo from?
Armaldo is from the Pokémon set "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Armaldo?
Armaldo is a Rare card in the Legends Awakened set.
Other Armaldo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
