Golduck 25/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Golduck is 25/203, in position 25 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Psyduck, and after it is 26 Tentacool. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Golduck is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 120 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).

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 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 120 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Golduck list a different HP.

The attack Psybeam lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Surf is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A professional swimmer, it can continue swimming for two days straight by waving its long tail skillfully." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies 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.