Misty's Golduck 12/132 · Gym Challenge

Golduck is Pokédex #055, generation 1 (Kanto). Misty's Golduck is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 32. The card says it evolves from Misty's Psyduck. In this catalog that name is Psyduck (#054).

Misty's Golduck sits at 12/132 in Gym Challenge, position 12 of 132. Before it is 11 Lt. Surge's Raichu, and after it is 13 Misty's Gyarados. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on October 16, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Electro Beam lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard all Energy cards attached to Misty's Golduck. Super Removal is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 Energy card attached to each of your opponent's Pokémon that has any Energy cards and discard those Energy cards. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Golduck (#055) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Golduck 35/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Golduck, while this one is Misty's Golduck. Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Golduck list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Challenge set binder is where a full Gym Challenge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Golduck can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Psyduck and Golduck, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Misty and her Pokémon. I still need this card.