Gym Heroes / #39/132

Brock's Golbat

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Gym Heroes
Rarity (source): Uncommon
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Source reference: gym1-39

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About the species

Golbat waits for moonless nights to approach sleeping prey discreetly. Its four hollow fangs let it drink blood, but their thinness makes them fragile. An overly large meal may even weigh it down so much that it cannot fly. The Pokédex also mentions individuals sharing food with hungry companions. Behind this unsettling hunt lie physical limits and, sometimes, a form of mutual help.

This account describes the species in the video games. It does not describe its Trainer’s history or that of this copy, and does not identify the depicted form or sex.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Moon states that a Golbat can absorb up to 300 ml of blood at once, then become too heavy to fly. Pokémon Sun explains that its fangs are hollow and fragile. The tool that helps it feed can therefore also make hunting risky.

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Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Grass
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Zubat
Pokédex number: 42
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Psychic x2
Resistance (source): Fighting -30

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Dive

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 20

Spiral Dive

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 10

Does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.

Documented variants

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Normal
First Edition
normal · standard
normal · standard · 1st-edition

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