Geodude 65/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Geodude is 65/99, in position 65 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Gastly, and after it is 66 Gulpin. The listed rarity is Common.

Geodude is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 14. In the Pokédex this is Geodude (#074), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Graveler, Graveler (#075) under evolves to.

Motofumi Fujiwara illustrated this card. The same name is on 18 other cards in the catalog.

Geodude (#074) 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 2025. The earliest other card is Geodude 47/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Motofumi Fujiwara illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Geodude list a different HP.

The attack Stone Barrage lists 10× damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Grass +10. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "At rest, it looks just like a rock. Carelessly stepping on it will make it swing its fists angrily."

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