Bulbasaur 55/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

FireRed & LeafGreen is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Bulbasaur is 55/112, in position 55 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 54 Bulbasaur, and after it is 56 Caterpie. The listed rarity is Common.

Bulbasaur is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Bulbasaur (#001), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Ivysaur, Ivysaur (#002) under evolves to.

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

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). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Bulbasaur list a different HP.

The attack Ram lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Gouge is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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