Venusaur 28/100 · Crystal Guardians

Venusaur is Pokédex #003, generation 1 (Kanto). Venusaur is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Ivysaur. In this catalog that name is Ivysaur (#002).

Venusaur sits at 28/100 in Crystal Guardians, position 28 of 100. Before it is 27 Swampert, and after it is 29 Charmeleon. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

Chlorophyll is listed as Poké-Body. All Energy cards that provide only Colorless Energy attached to your Grass Pokémon provide Grass Energy instead. The attack Green Blast lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Grass Energy attached to all of your Pokémon. Toxic Sleep is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

Venusaur (#003) has 46 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Venusaur 15/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 46 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Crystal Guardians set binder is where a full Crystal Guardians 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.