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- ↓ 225.00
- ꩜ 222.60
- ↑ 302.50
Poké-BODY ⇢ Crystal Type
Whenever you attach a {G}, {R}, or {F} basic Energy card from your hand to Golem, Golem’s type (color) becomes the same as that type of Energy until the end of the turn.
{F}{F}{C} → Rock Throw : 30
{G}{R}{F}{C} → Earth Bomb : 50
Golem does 20 damage to itself. This attack also does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon (yours and your opponent’s). (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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This is the most valuable English-language Golem card ever made. In the Japanese language, the value of Masaki Golem (printed 1998-1999) can give it a run for its money.
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This is the first appearance of the phrasing “This attack ALSO does…” [emphasis mine] in the English TCG. It’s normally just “This attack does…” and you won’t see it phrased that way again until Cosmic Eclipse’s Reshiram & Zekrom GX. It’s become a standard phrase during Gen 8 of the TCG – co-existing with “This attack does…” and when you look at it in context it makes grammatical sense.
It does make grammatical sense on this Golem, tbqh, but I don’t think it fits the ‘style guide’ of the time. “Then, this attack does” is also an unusual phrase that only shows up on Dark Weezing and Dark Ivysaur, but much more common is “and this attack does”. If you want to browse this yourself, make sure to put a + symbol in front of your search* to get exact text string results.
* i.e.;
https://pkmncards.com/?s=%2Btext%3A%22this+attack+does%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images
https://pkmncards.com/?s=%2Btext%3A%22this+attack+also+does%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images
https://pkmncards.com/?s=%2Btext%3A%22then%2C+this+attack+does%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images
https://pkmncards.com/?s=%2Btext%3A%22and+this+attack+does%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images