Golbat 90/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Golbat is 90/163, in position 90 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 89 Zubat, and after it is 91 Crobat. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Golbat is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Golbat (#042), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Zubat. In this catalog that name is Zubat (#041). The card lists Crobat, Crobat (#169) under evolves to.

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

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 sui illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Golbat list a different HP.

Discreet Draw is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may draw 2 cards. The attack Air Slash lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They can suck down over 10 ounces of blood in one go. They have been known to drink so much blood that they can no longer fly." The regulation mark is E.

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