Claydol

Claydol in the anime: a giant at Izabe Lake and Buck's partner

Claydol debuted in the anime in Claydol Big and Tall, where a giant Claydol freed from an enormous stone Poké Ball near Izabe Lake has to be stopped before it reaches a village. In the Diamond and Pearl series, a Claydol guarding treasure on Dandelion Island holds off Dawn's Piplup and Ash's Torterra before Buck catches it, and in the Pokémon Generations short The Magma Stone, Buck's Claydol battles a rampaging Heatran at Stark Mountain.

Claydol on cards: Team Magma's colors to a Mega Evolution era illustration rare

Claydol's first cards came in Team Magma vs Team Aqua in March 2004: a holo rare and an Uncommon, both named Team Magma's Claydol and illustrated by Zu-Ka. Plain Claydol followed in Hidden Legends later that year, with a holo by Kyoko Umemoto, then in Deoxys and Emerald in 2005. Power Keepers, the final main expansion of the EX series, printed Claydol ex in 2007, drawn by Ryo Ueda.

Midori Harada's Claydol from Great Encounters (2008) was reprinted with the same art in the Classic Collection of Celebrations (2021), the 25th anniversary set. Double Crisis (2015) brought back Team Magma's Claydol with new art by Masakazu Fukuda, and in the Mega Evolution era Chaos Rising (2026) printed a regular Claydol by Oswaldo KATO and an illustration rare by matazo.

Cards to know

• Team Magma's Claydol (Team Magma vs Team Aqua #8)

  Claydol's first holo card, from 2004, illustrated by Zu-Ka.

• Claydol (Hidden Legends #2)

  The first holo card of plain Claydol, from 2004, illustrated by Kyoko Umemoto.

• Claydol ex (Power Keepers #93)

  Claydol's Pokémon-ex card from the last main set of the EX series, illustrated by Ryo Ueda.

• Claydol (Great Encounters #15)

  A 2008 Rare by Midori Harada whose art returned in Celebrations' Classic Collection.

• Claydol (Celebrations Classic Collection #CC016)

  The 2021 reprint of the Great Encounters card for the 25th anniversary Celebrations set.

• Claydol (Chaos Rising #092)

  A 2026 illustration rare drawn by matazo.