Bulbasaur 1/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Bulbasaur is 1/108, in position 1 of 111 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Ivysaur. The listed rarity is Common.

Bulbasaur is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Bulbasaur (#001), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Ivysaur, Ivysaur (#002) under evolves to.

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Bulbasaur (#001) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Bulbasaur 44/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 24 other cards of Bulbasaur list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Razor Leaf is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "For some time after its birth, it grows by gaining nourishment from the seed on its back."

I keep a set binder for Dark Explorers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dark Explorers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Bulbasaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.