Golem E4 23/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Golem E4 is 23/111, in position 23 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Gastrodon West Sea, and after it is 24 Heracross E4. The listed rarity is Rare.

Golem E4 is a Basic SP Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. The card lists level 52. In the Pokédex this is Golem (#076), generation 1 (Kanto).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Golem (#076) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Golem 36/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Golem, while this one is Golem E4. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. 25 other cards of Golem list a different HP.

The attack Rage lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Golem GL. Double-edge is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Golem E4 does 60 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 4.

I keep a set binder for Rising Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rising Rivals set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Golem can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.