Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Azelf
Mysterious Treasures · #4 · Rare Holo · 2007
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$18.44
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 4 / 124
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ryo Ueda
- Pokédex #
- 482
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Azelf plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥30 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 — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.36 copies on average · 39 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.1%
- -9.1 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 Ryo Ueda
This card was illustrated by Ryo Ueda.
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-Body: Downer Material
If you have Uxie and Mesprit in play, the attack cost of each of your opponent's Basic Pokémon's attacks is Colorless more. You can't use more than 1 Downer Material Poké-Body each turn.
PBind Pulse — 10
During your opponent's next turn, your opponent can't attach any Special Energy cards from his or her hand to any of his or her Pokémon.
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
2
ran Azelf
Tournaments scanned
314
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 5th
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $12.00 | $30.13 | $158.45 | $18.44 | $158.45 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $7.63 | $19.73 | $169.90 | $16.19 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.43 |
| 7-day average | €5.38 |
| 30-day average | €6.67 |
| Low | €0.49 |
| Trend price | €8.27 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €6.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.63 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.89 |
| averageSellPrice | €10.32 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.97 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.59 |
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 $18.44; 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 "Mysterious Treasures" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Azelf?
Azelf is a Rare Holo card in the Mysterious Treasures set.
Other Azelf printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
