Golduck 29/127 · Platinum

Golduck is Pokédex #055, generation 1 (Kanto). Golduck is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 47. The card says it evolves from Psyduck. In this catalog that name is Psyduck (#054).

Golduck sits at 29/127 in Platinum, position 29 of 133. Before it is 28 Giratina, and after it is 30 Gyarados G. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Swim lists 30 damage. If your opponent has any Water Energy attached to any of his or her Pokémon, you may do 30 damage to any 1 Benched Pokémon instead. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Water Slide is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. You may move all Energy cards attached to Golduck to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Lightning +20. The flavor text reads "It is seen swimming dynamically and elegantly using its well-developed limbs and flippers."

Golduck (#055) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 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 lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Golduck list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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