Brock's Golem

Brock's Golem is card 20 of 132 in Gym Heroes, released in August 2000, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Fighting-type with 90 HP.

As a Stage 2, it evolves from Brock's Graveler, which places Brock's Golem deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Brock is the Rock-type Gym Leader of Pewter City and Ash's longtime traveling companion. Brock's Golem is part of that themed lineup.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

The fully evolved Geodude line via trade. Heavy boulder silhouette. Fossil Rare Golem with steady set-completion demand.

Brock's Golem is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Brock's Golem trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.

Gym Heroes shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Brock's Golem carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

On Brock's Golem, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Brock's Golem in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.

For Brock's Golem, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Brock's Golem can make sense.