Radiant Venusaur 4/78 · Pokémon GO

Venusaur is Pokédex #003, generation 1 (Kanto). Radiant Venusaur is a Basic Radiant Grass Pokémon with 150 HP.

Radiant Venusaur sits at 4/78 in Pokémon GO, position 4 of 88. Before it is 3 Venusaur, and after it is 5 Alolan Exeggutor V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. The listed rarity is Radiant Rare.

Sunny Bloom is listed as Ability. Once at the end of your turn (after your attack), you may use this Ability. Draw cards until you have 4 cards in your hand. The attack Pollen Hazard lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned, Confused, and Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Radiant Pokémon Rule: You can't have more than 1 Radiant Pokémon in your deck. The flavor text reads "Its plant blooms when it is absorbing solar energy. It stays on the move to seek sunlight." The regulation mark is F.

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). That card is named Venusaur, while this one is Radiant Venusaur. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Radiant Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 45 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Misa Tsutsui. I count 94 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Pokémon GO set binder is where a full Pokémon GO 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Kanto starters, without Charizard and Flower Pokémon. I still need this card.