Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Azelf
Legends Awakened · #19 · Rare · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$10.97
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 146
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 482
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Azelf plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Azelf
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.1 copies on average · 31 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.3%
- -13.9 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Azelf?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Known as "The Being of Willpower." It sleeps at the bottom of a lake to keep the world in balance."
Poké-Power: Time Walk
Once during your turn, when you put Azelf from your hand onto your Bench, you may look at all of your face-down Prize cards. If you do, you may choose 1 Pokémon you find there, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Then, choose 1 card in your hand and put it as a Prize card face down.
PLock Up — 20
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
Weakness:P+20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
19
ran Azelf
Tournaments scanned
296
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
10 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Azelf
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 | $8.00 | $10.97 | $125.90 | $10.97 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $9.79 | $13.19 | $85.10 | $11.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.00 |
| 7-day average | €4.33 |
| 30-day average | €4.81 |
| Low | €3.00 |
| Trend price | €4.99 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.35 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.95 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.27 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.16 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Azelf is real?
Azelf 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 Azelf worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Azelf is $10.97; 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 Azelf from?
Azelf is from the Pokémon set "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Azelf?
Azelf is a Rare card in the Legends Awakened set.
Other Azelf printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
