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Bronzong

Diamond & Pearl

Stormfront · #13 · Rare · 2008

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Card facts

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Set position: 13 / 106
Release year: 2008
Rarity: Rare
HP: 90
Subtype: Stage 1
Evolves from: Bronzor
Retreat cost: 3 energy
Illustrator: Kyoko Umemoto
Pokédex #: 437
Series: Diamond & Pearl

Card analysis

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Primary role: Ability Engine
Damage efficiency: 20 damage; 10 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

AttackerSearch / TutorStatus Conditions

Strategy & play

How Bronzong plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.

How to beat Bronzong

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
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: 1% of decks; 2.05 copies on average · 319 decks
Match win rate: 43.2%; -4.1 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.

Bronzor

in 10% of decks · 30 seen

Bronzor

in 45% of decks · 142 seen

Bronzor

in 66% of decks · 208 seen

Call Bell

in 7% of decks · 23 seen

Farigiraf ex

in 5% of decks · 16 seen

Megaton Blower

in 3% of decks · 10 seen

Girafarig

in 4% of decks · 12 seen

Gourgeist ex

in 4% of decks · 13 seen

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About this card

HP: 90Type:PPsychicSubtype: Stage 1Evolves from: Bronzor

Poké-Power: Cycler

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may choose a card from your hand and put it on top of your deck. Then, search your deck for up to 2 basic Energy cards, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can't be used if Bronzong is affected by a Special Condition.

PCStrange Spin — 20+

If you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does 20 damage plus 40 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

PCCHeavy Potential

Put a number of damage counters on each of your opponent's Pokémon equal to the number of Colorless Energy in that Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost).

Weakness:P+20

Resistance:R-20

Retreat cost:CCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Bronzong has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Bronzong — Temporal Forces

Played in 87 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 2026/07/03

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.52	$0.95	$19.98	$0.94	—
Reverse Holofoil	$1.00	$1.84	$28.00	$2.09	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.50
7-day average	€0.70
30-day average	€0.59
Low	€0.15
Trend price	€0.63
Low (excellent+)	€0.35
Reverse holo low	€0.17
reverseHoloAvg1	€4.15
Reverse holo 7-day	€2.76
reverseHoloSell	€2.66
averageSellPrice	€0.59
Reverse holo 30-day	€1.74
Reverse holo trend	€1.52

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Bronzong is real?

Bronzong 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 Bronzong worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Bronzong is $0.94; 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 Bronzong from?

Bronzong is from the Pokémon set "Stormfront" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.

What rarity is Bronzong?

Bronzong is a Rare card in the Stormfront set.