Golduck

Golduck

Golduck appears in the English print of Platinum, released on February 11, 2009. Golduck is a rare rarity and 90 HP. The Platinum set contains 133 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Kouki Saitou.

Collector Insights

Golduck is a Water-type Pokémon with 90 HP, featuring a unique dual attack strategy. Its first attack, Swim, allows 30 damage to a Benched Pokémon if the opponent has Water Energy attached, bypassing Weakness and Resistance for that target. The second attack, Water Slide, requires Water and Colorless Energy to deal 40 damage plus 20 additional damage by relocating all attached Energy cards to a Benched Pokémon. Golduck has no Resistance and is weak to Lightning, which adds 20 damage. The card’s flavor text highlights its graceful and dynamic swimming motion using limbs and flippers. It was released in the Platinum series in 2009 as a Rare card, designed by artist Kouki Saitou. The card’s simplicity in energy cost and damage output contrasts with its strategic versatility. Its design emphasizes Water-type interactions through conditional effects and Energy manipulation.

It is seen swimming dynamically and elegantly using its well-developed limbs and flippers.

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