Prismatic Evolutions

Archaludon

PREFR70· Rare
Archaludon PRE 70

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
180
Type
Metal
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
H
Number
70/131
Set
Prismatic EvolutionsPRESet guide
Illustrated by
Oswaldo KATO

Its Ability

Metal BridgePont Métal

All of your Pokémon that have Energy attached have no Retreat Cost.Vos Pokémon auxquels de l'Énergie est attachée n'ont pas de Coût de Retraite.

Its attacks

Iron BlasterExplose-Fer

160

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.Pendant votre prochain tour, ce Pokémon ne peut pas attaquer.

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

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

  2. A strength

    Archaludon ex runs it in 5 of the 28 lists we have read, seen across 5 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Archaludon ex5 of 285SCR 107
Hop's Zacian ex3 of 393SCR 107
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce1 of 301SCR 107
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex1 of 261SCR 107
Mega Excadrill ex1 of 301SCR 107

When it came out

Prismatic Evolutions landed here on 17 January 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 December 2024, under the code SV8a. That is 42 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 7 Archaludon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Archaludon card and its price