Golduck 17/122 · BREAKpoint

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

Golduck sits at 17/122 in BREAKpoint, position 17 of 126. Before it is 16 Psyduck, and after it is 18 Golduck BREAK. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 3, 2016. The printed size is 122. This checklist is longer, at 126 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Derail lists 20 damage. The cost is Water. Discard a Special Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Hydro Splash is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The forelegs are webbed, helping to make it an adept swimmer. It can be seen swimming elegantly in lakes, etc."

Golduck (#055) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 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. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Golduck list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKpoint set binder is where a full BREAKpoint set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Golduck can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.