Alolan Geodude 40/145 · Guardians Rising

Geodude is Pokédex #074, generation 1 (Kanto). Alolan Geodude is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Graveler, Graveler (#075) under evolves to.

Alolan Geodude sits at 40/145 in Guardians Rising, position 42 of 180. Before it is 39 Mareanie, and after it is 41 Alolan Graveler. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Rock Polish lists no damage number. During your next turn, this Pokémon has no Retreat Cost. Rollout is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its body is a magnetic stone. Iron sand attaches firmly to the portions of its body that are particularly magnetic."

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 is named Geodude, while this one is Alolan Geodude. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Geodude list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hitoshi Ariga. I count 155 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Guardians Rising set binder is where a full Guardians Rising set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Geodude can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Alolan forms. I still need this card.