Team Magma vs Team Aqua

Team Magma's Claydol

MA8· Holo Rare
Team Magma's Claydol MA 8

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
PsychicDarkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
8/95
Set
Team Magma vs Team AquaMA
Illustrated by
Zu-Ka

Its Ability

Magma Switch

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may move an Energy card attached to your Pokémon with Team Magma in its name to another of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Team Magma's Claydol is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Dark Hand

40+

If you have more cards in your hand than your opponent, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage.

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

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

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 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

Team Magma vs Team Aqua landed here on 1 March 2004.

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 24 Claydol cards on one page, priciest first.

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