Bulbasaur 95/165 · Expedition Base Set

Bulbasaur is Pokédex #001, generation 1 (Kanto). Bulbasaur is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Ivysaur, Ivysaur (#002) under evolves to.

Bulbasaur sits at 95/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 95 of 165. Before it is 94 Bulbasaur, and after it is 96 Caterpie. 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 Common.

The attack Sleep Seed lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Vine Whip is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Bulbasaur (#001) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Bulbasaur 44/102 in Base (1999). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Bulbasaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 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. Bulbasaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.