Archen — the First Bird Pokémon, the Rock/Flying fossil revival of an Archaeopteryx-style proto-bird, brought back from the Plume Fossil in Black & White. Famously hampered by the Defeatist ability (the Pokémon's offensive stats halve when its HP drops to 50% or below) — a flavor choice that turned a stat line that would be tournament-tier into one of the franchise's notoriously awkward competitive Pokémon. Thin catalog, single 2025 White Flare chase up top.
Archen has a short six-card list — the 2025 White Flare Illustration Rare leads at $7.46 by an 8× margin, with twin sub-$1 Noble Victories and Plasma Blast Holos in the middle and a long bulk tail at the bottom. Bookend pair from White Flare frames the list (IR chase + Common reprint).
The chase. 2025 White Flare's Illustration Rare gives the proto-bird fossil a painterly modern showcase — by an 8× margin the priciest Archen in the catalog, and the cover-pull for the line in the throwback set.
View full card data →Noble Victories was the November-2011 third Black & White-era expansion. Archen's reprint here is launch-era pack filler — clean BW-era Rock/Flying artwork, modest demand.
View full card data →Plasma Blast was the August-2013 BW-era set that closed the Team Plasma storyline. Archen's reprint here sits almost dead-even with Noble Victories — a clean BW-era classic pickup.
View full card data →Unified Minds was the August-2019 SM-era set best known for the Reshiram & Charizard-GX Tag Team. Archen is set-roster filler — pure pack bulk.
View full card data →Silver Tempest was the November-2022 SWSH-era set built around Lugia VSTAR and the Galarian Articuno line. Archen is set-roster filler — bulk in a set otherwise broken for the Lugia chase.
View full card data →The Common-rarity Archen from the same 2025 White Flare set that produced the IR chase. Pack bulk paired with the chase pull — the cheapest verified Archen in the catalog at nine cents.
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