Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Cranidos
DP Black Star Promos · #DP07 · Promo · 2007
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$13.40
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- DP07 / 56
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Skull Fossil
- Evolves to
- Rampardos
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 408
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Cranidos plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Steamroll) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Skull Fossil; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Cranidos
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.49 copies on average · 53 decks
- Match win rate
- 29.8%
- -17.4 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
Rampardos ex
in 100% of decks · 56 seen
Antique Skull Fossil
in 100% of decks · 56 seen
Shieldon
in 89% of decks · 50 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 100% of decks · 56 seen
Antique Armor Fossil
in 89% of decks · 50 seen
Bastiodon
in 89% of decks · 50 seen
Cinderace
in 80% of decks · 45 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 86% of decks · 48 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Cranidos?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lived in jungles around 100 million years ago. Its skull is as hard as iron."
CHeadbutt — 20
FCSteamroll — 30
Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:G+20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Cranidos has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Cranidos — Pitch Black
Played in 59 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $5.24 | $31.71 | $177.14 | $13.40 | $96.95 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cranidos is real?
Cranidos 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 Cranidos worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cranidos is $13.40; 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 Cranidos from?
Cranidos is from the Pokémon set "DP Black Star Promos" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Cranidos?
Cranidos is a Promo card in the DP Black Star Promos set.
Other Cranidos printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
