Golduck 29/189 · Astral Radiance

Astral Radiance is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on May 27, 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Golduck is 29/189, in position 29 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Psyduck, and after it is 30 Starmie V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Golduck is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Golduck (#055), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Psyduck. In this catalog that name is Psyduck (#054).

otumami illustrated this card. The same name is on 44 other cards in the catalog.

Golduck (#055) 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 2026. The earliest other card is Golduck 35/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and otumami illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Golduck list a different HP.

The attack Aqua Edge lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Entangled Dive is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Discard each player's Active Pokémon and all attached cards. (You choose a new Active Pokémon first.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon lives in gently flowing rivers. It paddles through the water with its long limbs, putting its graceful swimming skills on display." The regulation mark is F.

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