Golbat 65/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Golbat is Pokédex #042, generation 1 (Kanto). Golbat is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 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 65/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 65 of 238. Before it is 64 Zubat, and after it is 66 Crobat. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Bite lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic. Leech Life is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Every once in a while, you'll see a Golbat that's missing some fangs. This happens when hunger drives it to try biting a Steel-type Pokémon."

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 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Golbat list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unbroken Bonds set binder is where a full Unbroken Bonds 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.