Platinum

Rampardos

PL13· Holo Rare
Rampardos PL 13

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What the card itself says

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HP
130
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+30
Number
13/127
Set
PlatinumPL
Illustrated by
Masakazu Fukuda

Its Ability

Iron Skull

Rampardos's attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.

Its attacks

Head Smash

80

If the Defending Pokémon would be Knocked Out by this attack, Rampardos does 40 damage to itself.

Mold Breaker

40

Any damage done to Rampardos by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance) until the end of your next turn.

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 2 cards in Platinum carry more.

  2. 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.

  3. A strength

    Head Smash hits for 80 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Platinum hits harder for that price.

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  6. Keep in mind

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

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass +30. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 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 8 Rampardos cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Rampardos card and its price