Ancient Origins

Malamar

AORFR46· Common
Malamar AOR 46

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
90
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
46/98
Set
Ancient OriginsAOR
Illustrated by
Masakazu Fukuda

Its attacks

Entangling ControlContrôle Emmêlant

Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with his or her Active Pokémon. The new Active Pokémon is now Confused.Échangez l'un des Pokémon de Banc de votre adversaire avec son Pokémon Actif. Le nouveau Pokémon Actif est maintenant Confus.

Trash TentacleTentacule Déchet

30

Put a card from your discard pile into your hand.Ajoutez une carte de votre pile de défausse à votre main.

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

    Trash Tentacle hits for 30 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Ancient Origins hits harder for that price.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,826 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 Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 877 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

Ancient Origins landed here on 12 August 2015.

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 22 Malamar cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Malamar card and its price