Brock's Zubat

Brock's Zubat is card 24 of 132 in Gym Heroes, released in August 2000, a Rare. It is a Basic Grass-type with 30 HP.

As a Basic Pokémon, Zubat needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.

Brock is the Rock-type Gym Leader of Pewter City and Ash's longtime traveling companion. Brock's Zubat 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 bat Pokémon. Famously over-encountered in cave areas of the games. Common card across multiple early sets. Familiar punchline for veteran players.

Brock's Zubat is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Brock's Zubat 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 Zubat carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

Non-holo Rares like Brock's Zubat are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Brock's Zubat survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.

For Brock's Zubat, 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 Zubat can make sense.