Guardians Rising

Alolan Golem

GRIFR42· Rare
Alolan Golem GRI 42

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
160
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
42/145
Set
Guardians RisingGRI
Illustrated by
Shin Nagasawa

Its attacks

Electromagnetic Rock WreckerRoc-Boulet Électromagnétique

80×

Flip a coin for each Lightning Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage for each heads.Lancez une pièce pour chaque Énergie Lightning attachée à ce Pokémon. Cette attaque inflige 80 dégâts multipliés par le nombre de côtés face.

Heavy SlamTacle Lourd

200-

This attack does 30 less damage for each Colorless in your opponent’s Active Pokémon’s Retreat Cost.Cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts de moins pour chaque Colorless dans le Coût de Retraite du Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Alolan Graveler to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 935 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Guardians Rising landed here on 5 May 2017.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 26 Golem cards on one page, priciest first.

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