Venusaur 68/165 · Expedition Base Set

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

Venusaur sits at 68/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 68 of 165. Before it is 67 Venusaur, and after it is 69 Vileplume. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

Harvest Bounty is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), if you attach an Energy card to your Active Pokémon as part of your turn, you may attach an additional Energy card to that Pokémon at the same time. This power can't be used if Venusaur is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Body Slam lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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 Shin-ichi Yoshikawa illustrated this one. 40 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshikawa. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Expedition Base Set set binder is where a full Expedition Base Set set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Venusaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.