Golem EX 49/165

Name: Golem EX 49/165
Brand: Pokémon

EXRare

Card language

Seller location

Golem arrived in Expedition Base Set on 15 September 2002.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Expedition Base Set landed here on 15 September 2002.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP: 100
Type: Fighting
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: ×2
Number: 49/165
Set: Expedition Base SetEXSet guide
Illustrated by: Aya Kusube

Its Ability

Rock Body

All damage done by attacks to Golem is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Its attacks

Rock Tumble

Don't apply Resistance.

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.

A strength
100 HP. Only 4 cards in Expedition Base Set carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Rock Body. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
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.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,067 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Graveler to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,067 tournament lists we have read, 3,294 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

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Golem EX 14/165Expedition Base SetHolo RareHolo Rare
Golem EX 49/165Expedition Base SetRareThe one you are looking atRare

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.

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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Golem EX 49/165

The market for this printing

When it came out