Venusaur 67/165 · Expedition Base Set

Expedition Base Set is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. Venusaur is 67/165, in position 67 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 66 Tyranitar, and after it is 68 Venusaur. The listed rarity is Rare.

Venusaur is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Venusaur (#003), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Ivysaur. In this catalog that name is Ivysaur (#002).

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Venusaur (#003) has 46 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Venusaur 15/102 in Base (1999). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 40 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The attack Leech Seed lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. If this attack damages the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), remove 1 damage counter from Venusaur, if it has any. Fury Strikes is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Expedition Base Set, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Expedition Base Set set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Venusaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.