Gigalith 88/203 · Evolving Skies

Gigalith is Pokédex #526, generation 5 (Unova). Gigalith is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 180 HP. The card says it evolves from Boldore. In this catalog that name is Boldore (#525).

Gigalith sits at 88/203 in Evolving Skies, position 88 of 237. Before it is 87 Boldore, and after it is 89 Palpitoad. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Guard Press lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 50 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Pressure Shot is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself for each damage counter on it. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Although its energy blasts can blow away a dump truck, they have a limitation— they can only be fired when the sun is out." The regulation mark is E.

Gigalith (#526) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Gigalith 53/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Gigalith list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Evolving Skies set binder is where a full Evolving Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gigalith can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.