Armaldo ex 84/92 · Legend Maker

Armaldo is Pokédex #348, generation 3 (Hoenn). Armaldo ex is a Stage 2 ex Fighting Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Anorith. In this catalog that name is Anorith (#347).

Armaldo ex sits at 84/92 in Legend Maker, position 84 of 93. Before it is 83 Arcanine ex, and after it is 85 Banette ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on February 1, 2006. The printed size is 92. This checklist is longer, at 93 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Dual Armor is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Armaldo ex has any React Energy cards attached to it, Armaldo ex is both Grass and Fighting type. The attack Spiral Drain lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from Armaldo ex. Vortex Chop is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon has any Resistance, this attack's base damage is 100 instead of 70. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Armaldo (#348) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2022. The earliest other card is Armaldo 1/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card is named Armaldo, while this one is Armaldo ex. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kimiya Masago illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Armaldo list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kimiya Masago. I count 24 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Legend Maker set binder is where a full Legend Maker set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Armaldo can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.