Platinum

Bastiodon

Name: Bastiodon PL 20
Brand: Pokémon

PL20· Rare

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 130
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: +30
Resistance: -20
Number: 20/127
Set: PlatinumPL
Illustrated by: Kagemaru Himeno

Its Ability

Metal Trait

As long as Bastiodon has a Pokémon Tool attached to it, remove 1 damage counter from Bastiodon between turns.

Its attacks

Iron Defense

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Bastiodon during your opponent's next turn.

Iron Tackle

Bastiodon does 30 damage to itself.

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.

A strength
130 HP. Only 2 cards in Platinum carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Metal Trait. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Shieldon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire +30. 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.

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

Platinum landed here on 11 February 2009.

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 11 Bastiodon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Bastiodon card and its price

What the card itself says

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

HP: 130
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: +30
Resistance: -20
Number: 20/127
Set: PlatinumPL
Illustrated by: Kagemaru Himeno

Its Ability

Metal Trait

As long as Bastiodon has a Pokémon Tool attached to it, remove 1 damage counter from Bastiodon between turns.

Its attacks

Iron Defense

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Bastiodon during your opponent's next turn.

Iron Tackle

Bastiodon does 30 damage to itself.

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.

A strength
130 HP. Only 2 cards in Platinum carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Metal Trait. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Shieldon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire +30. 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.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 130
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: +30
Resistance: -20
Number: 20/127
Set: PlatinumPL
Illustrated by: Kagemaru Himeno

Its Ability

Metal Trait

As long as Bastiodon has a Pokémon Tool attached to it, remove 1 damage counter from Bastiodon between turns.

Its attacks

Iron Defense

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Bastiodon during your opponent's next turn.

Iron Tackle

Bastiodon does 30 damage to itself.

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.

A strength
130 HP. Only 2 cards in Platinum carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Metal Trait. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Shieldon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire +30. 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.