Boldore 52/98 · Emerging Powers

Boldore is Pokédex #525, generation 5 (Unova). Boldore is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Roggenrola. In this catalog that name is Roggenrola (#524). The card lists Gigalith, Gigalith (#526) under evolves to.

Boldore sits at 52/98 in Emerging Powers, position 52 of 98. Before it is 51 Boldore, and after it is 53 Gigalith. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Headbutt lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Hard Crash is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. If tails, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Because its energy was too great to be contained, the energy leaked and formed orange crystals."

Boldore (#525) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Boldore 51/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Boldore list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Boldore can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.