Golbat 34/62 · Fossil

Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on 10 October 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Golbat is 34/62, in position 34 of 62 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Gastly, and after it is 35 Golduck. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Golbat is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 29. 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.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 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 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dark Golbat 7/82 in Team Rocket (2000). That card is named Dark Golbat, while this one is Golbat. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Golbat list a different HP.

The attack Wing Attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Leech Life is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Remove a number of damage counters from Golbat equal to the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance). If Golbat has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "Once it strikes, it will not stop draining energy from the victim even if it gets too heavy to fly."

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