Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Bronzor
Stormfront · #55 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.30
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 55 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Bronzong
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
- Pokédex #
- 436
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Psyshock) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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 Psychic 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 · 181 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.3%
- -3.9 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.
More by Miki Tanaka
This card was illustrated by Miki Tanaka.
Building around Bronzor?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Implements shaped like it were discovered in ancient tombs. It is unknown if they are related."
PGyro Swap
Put a number of damage counters on the Defending Pokémon equal to the number of Colorless Energy in Bronzor's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost).
CCPsyshock — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:P+10
Resistance:R-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 34 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 | $0.14 | $0.30 | $19.98 | $0.30 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.70 | $1.97 | $32.20 | $1.92 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.14 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.14 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.10 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.67 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.94 |
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 $0.30; 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 "Stormfront" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Bronzor?
Bronzor is a Common card in the Stormfront set.
Other Bronzor printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
