Arceus

Salamence AR 8/99

ARKOHolo Rare
Salamence AR 8

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read AR 8/99 there. Its illustration is signed Shin Nagasawa.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Arceus set, released here on 4 November 2009.

When it came out

Arceus landed here on 4 November 2009.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP
140
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+30
Resistance
-20
Number
8/99
Set
ArceusAR
Illustrated by
Shin Nagasawa

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its Ability

Top Accelerator

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may reveal the top card of your deck. If that card is a basic Energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. If that card isn't a basic Energy card, discard it. This power can't be used if Salamence is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Shoot Through

50

Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Dragon Claw

70

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

    140 HP. Only 1 cards in Arceus carry more.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,734 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

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Colorless +30. Against a Colorless Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,734 tournament lists we have read, 4,136 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.

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 29 Salamence cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Salamence card and its price