Golbat 60/144 · Skyridge

Golbat is Pokédex #042, generation 1 (Kanto). Golbat is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Zubat. In this catalog that name is Zubat (#041). The card lists Crobat, Crobat (#169) under evolves to.

Golbat sits at 60/144 in Skyridge, position 60 of 182. Before it is 59 Gligar, and after it is 61 Granbull. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Poison Sound Wave lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Strength in Numbers is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat on your Bench. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Golbat (#042) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Golbat list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge 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). I still need this card.