No. 42 · Kanto · Poison/Flying
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Golbat is a Poison/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 42 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 21
- Sightings
- 7
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The strongest Golbat art
01/06Golbat
Uncommon
02/06Golbat
Common
03/06Golbat
Uncommon
04/06Golbat
Common
05/06Team Rocket's Golbat
Uncommon
06/06Dark Golbat
Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Golbat cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Golbat artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Golbat by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Golbat cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Golbat gets drawn
Golbat is usually drawn fierce, tense and moody, almost always flying, at night, in dim light.
Across 24 Golbat artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Golbat through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil- 2000 Team Rocket
2001 Neo Revelation
2003 Skyridge- 2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Deoxys
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Storm
2014 Phantom Forces
2016 Generations
2017 Sun & Moon
2019 Unbroken Bonds
2021 Battle Styles- 2022 Silver Tempest
- 2023 151
- 2024 Shrouded Fable
- 2025 Destined Rivals
- 2026 Chaos Rising
Evolution line
Zubat28 cards- Golbatthis page · 25 cards
Crobat39 cards
Golbat sightingsspotted in 7 other cards
Cards where Golbat turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Golbat card
25 cards, strongest artwork first.
Golbat in numbers
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 24since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 21most by Kanako Eo
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 7in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–80
They span 24 sets, from Fossil to Chaos Rising. 21 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kanako Eo, Ken Sugimori and Masakazu Fukuda.
Who draws Golbat
21 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Golbat cards each holds.
- Team Rocket2
- 1511
Battle Styles1- Chaos Rising1
Delta Species1
Deoxys1- Destined Rivals1
Fossil1
Generations1
Gym Challenge1
Gym Heroes1
Hidden Legends1
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Golbat cards are there?
- There are 25 Golbat cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Golbat card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Golbat art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Golbat cards?
- 21 illustrators have drawn Golbat. Kanako Eo has done the most at 2, followed by Ken Sugimori and Masakazu Fukuda.
- What was the first Golbat card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 19 of its 25 cards are Uncommon.
