Solrock 85/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 February 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Solrock is 85/106, in position 85 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 84 Snubbull, and after it is 86 Swablu. The listed rarity is Common.

Solrock is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 29. In the Pokédex this is Solrock (#338), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Solrock (#338) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Solrock 13/100 in Sandstorm (2003). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Solrock list a different HP.

Sunlight is listed as Poké-Body. If you have Lunatone in play, damage done to your opponent's Pokémon by your Psychic or Fighting Pokémon isn't affected by resistance. The attack Sol Charge lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. Search your discard pile for a basic Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Grass +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A new Pokémon species, rumored to be from the sun. It gives off light while spinning."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Solrock can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.