Arceus

Aerodactyl

ARFR13· Rare
Aerodactyl AR 13

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
13/99
Set
ArceusAR
Illustrated by
Masakazu Fukuda

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Its Ability

Unearth

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, or Old Amber, show it your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can't be used if Aerodactyl is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Hyper Beam

30

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What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Unearth. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,868 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning +20. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,868 tournament lists we have read, 413 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Arceus landed here on 4 November 2009.

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The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 24 Aerodactyl cards on one page, priciest first.

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