Pokémon · Platinum
Aron
Rising Rivals · #57 · Common · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.50
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 57 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lairon
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Takao Unno
- Pokédex #
- 304
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Aron 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.
- Its main attack (Ram) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Aron
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 4 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Takao Unno
This card was illustrated by Takao Unno.
Building around Aron?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It usually lives deep in mountains. However, hunger may drive it to eat railroad tracks and cars."
MIron Head — 10×
Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
CCRam — 20
Weakness:R+10
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.40 | $19.02 | $0.50 | $0.25 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.43 | $3.37 | $84.90 | $2.81 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.28 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.30 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.03 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.87 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.89 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.98 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Aron is real?
Aron 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 Aron worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Aron is $0.50; 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 Aron from?
Aron is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Aron?
Aron is a Common card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Aron printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
