Golurk 83/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 25 February 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Golurk is 83/172, in position 83 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Golett, and after it is 84 Grimer. The listed rarity is Rare.

Golurk is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Golurk (#623), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Golett. In this catalog that name is Golett (#622).

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

Golurk (#623) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Golurk 72/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Golurk list a different HP.

The attack Big Hand lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 more damage for each card in your hand. Mega Punch is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Artillery platforms built into the walls of ancient castles served as perches from which Golurk could fire energy beams." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Golurk can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.