Barboach

Guardians Rising 70/145 • common

Set: Guardians Rising
Number: 70/145
Rarity: Common
Released: 2017
Energy type: fighting energy
Market price: $0.18
Artist: sui

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$0.18market price via TCGplayer · Sep 20, 2026$0.12 – $0.18 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This fighting-type Barboach represents a foundational piece from its set, serving as a standard common card that collectors often use to build out the structural backbone of a series. Its presence illustrates the importance of common cards in maintaining thematic consistency across a collection, grounding the more powerful cards with familiar, essential specimens.

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Card face

What it does

60 HPBasic

Cost: colorless energyHook10

Cost: fighting energy colorless energyMud-Slap20

Weaknessgrass energy×2Retreatcolorless energy colorless energy

Its two whiskers provide a sensitive radar. Even in muddy waters, it can detect its prey's location.

Formats

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Provenance

Where it came from

Barboach 70/145 was released in the Guardians Rising expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which debuted in the spring of 2017. As part of the Sun & Moon series, this set sought to introduce the Alola region's mechanics and aesthetic to the card game landscape. The card features the Whiskers Pokémon in its natural aquatic habitat, captured with the bright, digital-style illustrative techniques standard for the era's common card tier.

The card was illustrated by sui, a regular contributor to the Pokémon TCG who often focuses on smaller, terrestrial, or aquatic Pokémon to emphasize their behavior in the wild. By assigning Barboach the Fighting type, the designers leaned into its dual Water/Ground elemental classification from the video games. It was produced as a functional building block for players, meant to serve as a low-rarity entry point for those collecting the set or constructing beginner-level decks.

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