Golbat 28 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Golbat 28
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Teeziro

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 80 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Darkness · Stage 1 · Shrouded Fable · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Golbat 28 do in a game?

Golbat 28 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Pitch-Black Blade, is printed at 80 damage for 2 Energy — 40 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Darkness Stage 1 Common Regulation H Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #042 Golbat

Golbat 28Shrouded Fable

80 HP · Darkness · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage8040 per Energy Pitch-Black Blade80 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage8021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 40 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackCommonShrouded Fable26 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

Regulation markH

RarityCommon

SetShrouded Fable

Card number28

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.26Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it877 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name26 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line24 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #042 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Golbat 28 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 38.6%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Golbat 28 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	68.9%	80 damage
Energy efficiency	81.3%	40 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1ESpeed Dive30 damage per Energy card30damage
2EPitch-Black Blade40 damage per Energy card · has printed text80damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 9,046 at 80 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 762of 1,248 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardGolbat 28Shrouded Fable80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Golbat 28

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 40 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 6 of the 25 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Golbat 28 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Shrouded Fable.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 80 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 40 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark H.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Golbat 28 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 80 damage, which is 40 damage for every Energy card attached.

Golbat 28 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Speed Dive	1 Darkness	1	30	30	No extra effect.
Pitch-Black Blade	1 Darkness + 1 Colorless	2	80	40	During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Speed Dive1 Energy card

Pitch-Black Blade2 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Speed Dive 1 Energy30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 per Energy card30
Pitch-Black Blade 2 Energy80 damage for 2 Energy — 40 per Energy card80

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (80).

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How does Golbat 28 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Golbat 28 — Shrouded Fable — GolbatShrouded Fable 28

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Golbat 28 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

69% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Golbat printed80 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 80 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 80.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 9,046of 17,290

That is where Golbat 28 stands highest on HP — number 9,046 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 4,308 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 27% on damage
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 762 of 1,248 by HP · No. 395 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 34% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,215 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 25% on damage
Shrouded Fable — 99 cards No. 60 of 79 by HP · No. 32 of 75 by damage · top by HP: Kingdra ex, 310

top 41% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 80 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 80

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Golbat 28 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 80 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Golbat 28 — this card40.080 damage for 2 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 40.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Golbat 28 — this card	40.0	80 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsSpeed Dive 30 / 1Pitch-Black Blade 80 / 2

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Golbat 28.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Speed Dive	—	30	—
Pitch-Black Blade	—	40	—

This card, per Energy card

40 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-9.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 80 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Golbat 28?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Golbat 28 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 80 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darkness — this cardmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Lightning

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Darkness weakness.

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Golbat 28 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

877

Cards it removes in one attack

753

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackFlaaffyChaos Rising 2840 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardGolbat 28Shrouded Fable 2880 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 871 cards in the archive that can remove Golbat 28 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Golbatweak to Lightning ×2

Golbatresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Lightning cards that remove Golbat in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

80 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 877 cards in the archive clear that bar.

160 HP Giratina ◇ [58]

160 HP Lunala ◇ [62]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

753 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Golbat as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Golbat 28 is one print of Golbat. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Golbat has been printed 26 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Golbat cards ever printedPokédex #042Prints on record 26Toughest print 80 HPThis card 80 HP

26prints

Legal in Standard6Older prints, not in Standard20

Every Golbat print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

Golbat 28 is the toughest Golbat ever printed

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Golbat 30/95the toughest Golbat ever printedUnleashed80 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Golbat print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Golbat 28 can be?

Golbat evolves from Zubat, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Golbat line, oldest stage firstPokédex #042

Zubat23 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+30 HP · +60 damage

Golbat20 prints on record · Skyridge

+50 HP · +50 damage

Crobat12 prints on record · Neo Revelation

Zubat → Golbat → Crobat

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Zubat.
It is not the end of the line either — Crobat evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 042.

1ZubatHardest attack printed at this stage: 20 damage50 HP
2GolbatHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it80 HP
3CrobatHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it130 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Golbat print, and can the older ones still be played?

26 prints carry this name in the archive, and 25 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (80 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

25 rows are shown of the 26 prints counted under this name.

Golbat prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Golbat 30/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 54/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 65/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Golbat 121/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Golbat 042/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Golbat 55/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 028/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Golbat 050/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Golbat 090/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 111/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Golbat 060/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Golbat 34/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 43/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 31/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 36/101	EX Hidden Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Brock's Golbat 039/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 50/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 32/119	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 31/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 104/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Koga's Golbat 046/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 34/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Golbat 29/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Golbat 07/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Golbat 24/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

6 of the 25 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Golbat 28?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Golbat 28
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Umbreon	Aquapolis	80	30	1
Umbreon	HS—Undaunted	100	50	1
Umbreon	Neo Discovery	80	20	1
Houndoom	Aquapolis	70	40	1
Umbreon	Aquapolis	80	30	1
Rocket's Scizor ex	Team Rocket Returns	120	50	1

This card itself is 80 HP, 80 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Darkness like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Golbat 28 in Shrouded Fable?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

120 Sylveon [22]

70 Croagunk [23]

130 Toxicroak [24]

150 Bloodmoon Ursaluna [25]

140 Slither Wing [26]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #28 in Shrouded Fable. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Golbat 28, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Golbat 28
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Golbat 28 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark H, printed next to the card number. It was released on August 2, 2024.

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Which generation of cards does Golbat 28 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark H — this cardtypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H — this card	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark H

Cards sharing that mark

1,283

Typical HP for the mark

132 (this card 80)

Typical damage for the mark

88 (this card 80)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Golbat 28 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Pitch-Black Blade, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 40 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Zubat has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 762 of 1,248

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

Shrouded FableNo. 60 of 79

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
877 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 753 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Golbat 28 card record

Golbat 28 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Zubat	Card type	Stage 1
Regulation mark	Mark H	Pokédex number	#042
Set	Shrouded Fable	Card number	28 of 64
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	August 2, 2024
Rarity	Common	Illustrator	Teeziro
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Golbat 28 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$0.26

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August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Golbat 28 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Golbat 28 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Golbat 28?

Golbat 28 has 80 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Golbat 28?

Pitch-Black Blade, printed at 80 damage for 2 Energy — 40 damage per Energy card. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

What is the retreat cost of Golbat 28?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Golbat print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 25 prints listed on this page, 6 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Golbat evolve from?

Zubat. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Golbat 28 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark H. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Golbat 28 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Golbat 28 — what does this card actually do?

What does Golbat 28 do in a game?

Golbat 28 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Golbat 28 at a glance

What do the attacks on Golbat 28 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Golbat 28 compare with every other card?

Is Golbat 28 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Darkness card do for Golbat 28?

What knocks out Golbat 28 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Golbat as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Golbat 28 can be?

Is this the strongest Golbat print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Golbat 28?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Golbat 28?

What was printed next to Golbat 28 in Shrouded Fable?

Which rules apply to Golbat 28, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Golbat 28 belong to?

Golbat 28 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Golbat 28 card record

What does Golbat 28 cost?

Golbat 28 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Golbat 28?

What is the strongest attack on Golbat 28?

What is the retreat cost of Golbat 28?

Can an older Golbat print be played in a tournament?

What does Golbat evolve from?

Can Golbat 28 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Golbat 28 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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