Geodude 47/62 · Fossil

Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Geodude is 47/62, in position 47 of 62 on this checklist. Before it is 46 Ekans, and after it is 48 Grimer. The listed rarity is Common.

Geodude is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 16. In the Pokédex this is Geodude (#074), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Graveler, Graveler (#075) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Geodude (#074) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Brock's Geodude 38/132 in Gym Heroes (2000). That card is named Brock's Geodude, while this one is Geodude. Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Geodude list a different HP.

The attack Stone Barrage lists 10× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Found in fields and mountains. Mistaking them for boulders, people often step or trip on them."

I keep a set binder for Fossil, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fossil set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Geodude can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.