Venusaur 1/16 · Pokémon Rumble

Pokémon Rumble is a set in the Other series. It was released on December 2, 2009. The printed size is 16, and the checklist is the same length. Venusaur is 1/16, in position 1 of 16 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Cherrim.

Venusaur is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Venusaur (#003), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Ivysaur. In this catalog that name is Ivysaur (#002).

Pokemon Rumble illustrated this card. The same name is on 15 other cards in the catalog.

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 140 HP. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Pokemon Rumble illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 44 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The attack Giga Drain lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Remove from Venusaur the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4.

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