Alolan Golem 42/145 · Guardians Rising

Golem is Pokédex #076, generation 1 (Kanto). Alolan Golem is a Stage 2 Lightning Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Alolan Graveler. In this catalog that name is Graveler (#075).

Alolan Golem sits at 42/145 in Guardians Rising, position 44 of 180. Before it is 41 Alolan Graveler, and after it is 43 Helioptile. 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 Rare Holo.

The attack Electromagnetic Rock Wrecker lists 80× damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin for each Lightning Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage for each heads. Heavy Slam is another attack lists 200- damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 less damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It fires rocks charged with electricity. Even if the rock isn't fired that accurately, just grazing an opponent will cause numbness and fainting."

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 Alolan Golem. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Golem list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 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. Golem can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.