Completing the classic evolutionary line from the Pokémon Card 151 set, we have the Pokémon that started it all: Geodude. This common card features a beautifully atmospheric illustration of the original Rock Pokémon in its natural, rugged habitat.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Geodude (イシツブテ)
- Set: Pokémon Card 151 (sv2a)
- Year: 2023
- Card Number: 074-165
- Rarity/Edition: Common
- Artist: Uta
- National Pokédex No.: 074
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Fighting
- HP: 80
- Attack 1:
- Japanese: かたまる
- Romaji: Katamaru
- English: Harden
- Cost: [Fighting]
- Effect: During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks.
- Attack 2:
- Japanese: げんこつ
- Romaji: Genkotsu
- English: Fist
- Cost: [Fighting][Colourless]
- Damage: 20
- Weakness: Grass x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless][Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: 両手を使い 険しい 崖を 登る。その姿を 見た 人が ボルダリングを 始めたらしい。
- Romaji: Ryōte o tsukai kewashī gake o noboru. Sono sugata o mita hito ga borudaringu o hajimetarashī.
- English: It uses its hands to climb steep cliffs. It’s said that people who saw it doing this created the sport of bouldering.
Collector’s Notes
This Geodude is a Common card from the Japanese set Pokémon Card 151 (sv2a). The artwork by Uta, who also illustrated the Graveler from this set, is wonderfully moody and atmospheric. It depicts Geodude scaling a cliff face at night, with a serene full moon in the background. It’s a quiet, focused scene that perfectly captures the Pokémon’s connection to its environment.
Geodude is the very definition of a Geological Pokémon. As the original “living rock,” it is a foundational species for the entire collection. Its Rock/Ground nature is represented in the TCG by the consolidated Fighting type. The Pokédex entry on this card is particularly charming, creating a direct link between this Pokémon’s natural behaviour and the human sport of bouldering—a wonderful piece of lore that deepens its connection to the world of geology and rock climbing.
