Arceus

Kabutops

ARFR4· Holo Rare
Kabutops AR 4

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What the card itself says

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HP
130
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+30
Number
4/99
Set
ArceusAR
Illustrated by
Hajime Kusajima

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Its attacks

Primal Scythe

20+

You may discard Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, or Old Amber from your hand. If you do, this attack does 20 damage plus 50 more damage.

Rock Slide

60

Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

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

    130 HP. Only 5 cards in Arceus carry more.

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Kabuto to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass +30. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,868 tournament lists we have read, 3,067 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.

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 18 Kabutops cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Kabutops card and its price