Armaldo 57/114 · Steam Siege

Steam Siege is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 3, 2016. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Armaldo is 57/114, in position 57 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 56 Anorith, and after it is 58 Croagunk. The listed rarity is Rare.

Armaldo is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Armaldo (#348), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Anorith. In this catalog that name is Anorith (#347).

Satoshi Shirai illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

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 lists 120 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 6 other cards of Armaldo list a different HP.

The attack Rushing Water lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless. Move an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon to 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Guard Claw is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Protected by a hard shell, its body is very sturdy. It skewers prey with its claws to feed."

I keep a set binder for Steam Siege, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Steam Siege set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Armaldo can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon. I still need this card.