Bulbasaur 12/17 · POP Series 2

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 12/17 in POP Series 2, position 12 of 17. Before it is 11 TV Reporter, and after it is 13 Cacnea. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Razor Leaf is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Bulbasaur (#001) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 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 Midori Harada illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Bulbasaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 2 set binder is where a full POP Series 2 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.