Pokémon · Platinum
Bronzor
Arceus · #54 · Common · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.32
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 54 / 111
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Bronzong
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 436
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Bronzor plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Spinning Attack) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Bronzor
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.2 copies on average · 167 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.8%
- -4.5 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Bronzor?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"There are researchers who believe this Pokémon reflected like a mirror in the distant past."
MHypnosis — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
CCSpinning Attack — 20
Weakness:R+10
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Bronzor has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Bronzor — Temporal Forces
Played in 42 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.31 | $19.98 | $0.32 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.75 | $2.02 | $33.10 | $2.01 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.15 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.16 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.65 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.16 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.65 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.73 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Bronzor is real?
Bronzor is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Bronzor worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Bronzor is $0.32; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Bronzor from?
Bronzor is from the Pokémon set "Arceus" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Bronzor?
Bronzor is a Common card in the Arceus set.
Other Bronzor printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
