Golem · Expedition Base Set, what to know.
About the Golem card
Golem is card 49 of 165 in Expedition Base Set, released in September 2002, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Fighting-type with 100 HP.
As a Stage 2, it evolves from Graveler, which places Golem deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Aya Kusube.
About Golem in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Geodude line via trade. Heavy boulder silhouette. Fossil Rare Golem with steady set-completion demand.
What is Golem worth?
Golem is a non-holo Rare. In Expedition Base Set, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a 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.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Golem before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
On 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 Golem in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Golem
For 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 Golem can make sense.
