Dark Golbat 24/82 · Team Rocket

Golbat is Pokédex #042, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Golbat is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 25. The card says it evolves from Zubat. In this catalog that name is Zubat (#041). The card lists Crobat, Crobat (#169) under evolves to.

Dark Golbat sits at 24/82 in Team Rocket, position 24 of 83. Before it is 23 Dark Dugtrio, and after it is 25 Dark Gyarados. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Sneak Attack is listed as Pokémon Power. When you play Dark Golbat from your hand, you may choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. If you do, Dark Golbat does 10 damage to that Pokémon. Apply Weakness and Resistance. The attack Flitter lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.) Weakness is Psychic ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "Sneaks up silently on its prey and attacks it from behind, sometimes killing it with one bite."

Golbat (#042) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Golbat 34/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Golbat, while this one is Dark Golbat. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Golbat list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Golbat can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.