Armaldo ex 16/17 · POP Series 1

POP Series 1 is a set in the POP series. It was released on 1 September 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Armaldo ex is 16/17, in position 16 of 17 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Swellow, and after it is 17 Tyranitar ex. The listed rarity is Rare.

Armaldo ex is a Stage 2 ex Fighting Pokémon with 160 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).

Hikaru Koike illustrated this card. The same name is on 46 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 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. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Armaldo list a different HP.

The attack Twin-blade lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Does 30 damage to each Defending Pokémon. Supersonic Claws is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage is not affected by Resistance. Weakness is Grass ×2 and Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for POP Series 1, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the POP Series 1 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 and POP Series. I still need this card.