The 2008 Pokémon Legends Awakened Armaldo Reverse Holo card (LA 18) is a rare Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon featuring the Fossil Armor ability and Crush Claw attack.
2008 • Pokémon • Legends Awakened
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Raw / Ungraded
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Featured
Armaldo
Game
Pokémon
Rarity, print treatment, and game-specific stats for this card.
Rare
Kazuaki Aihara
Card Stock
English
Reverse Holo
140
Fighting
Stage 2
52
Anorith
Grass +30
2
348
Abilities, attacks, oracle text, and flavor text printed on the card.
Ability: Fossil Armor
If Armaldo would be damaged by an attack, prevent that attack's damage done to Armaldo if that damage is 60 or less.
Attack: Crush Claw (60)
During your next turn, if an attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 40 more damage.
It went ashore after evolving. Its entire body is clad in a sturdy armor.
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