Golbat really is a great card. Here are his statistics:

Golbat
Grass
Stage 1, Evolves from Zubat (Another Great Card)
60 HP
Bat Pokemon

3C Wing Attack -
  30

2G Leech Life -
  20
  Remove a number of damage counters from golbat equal
  to the Damage done to the defending Pokemon.

Weakness - Psy
Resistance - Fighting

Rarity - Uncommon

No Retreat cost


Wow! First, he can do 30 Damage for 3C. (Like Shyther)
While that isn't That great, it's good if you don't
have any grass energy. Second, he has leech life,
whitch Not only does 20 Damage, it heals him 20 damage.
It heals him 40 Damage if the other guy is weak to grass!
Since Many pokemon can only do 20 damage, Golbat can Kill
them without taking any damage. With a pluspower, golbat
heals himself even more! True, butterfree can heal himself
20 and do 40 damage on the same turn, but he is a stage 2,
and he needs 4G to do that attack. He is weak to Psychic,
which might be a bit of a problem with the new Gastly-Haunter-
Gengar, but if he gets in trouble he can retreat for free!

Overall

Pros
Not a Stage 2
Heals self and does damage on same turn.
Uncommon
Resistance to fighting
No retreat cost

Cons
Not a basic
Weak to psychic

          -Dave

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