Ivysaur 5/18 · Southern Islands

Ivysaur is Pokédex #002, generation 1 (Kanto). Ivysaur is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card says it evolves from Bulbasaur. In this catalog that name is Bulbasaur (#001). The card lists Venusaur, Venusaur (#003) under evolves to.

Ivysaur sits at 5/18 in Southern Islands, position 5 of 18. Before it is 4 Togepi, and after it is 6 Raticate. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on July 31, 2001. The printed size is 18, and the checklist is the same length.

The attack Strange Scent lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Each player flips a coin. Each player who gets heads chooses a total of 3 damage counters from among his or her Pokémon and removes them. (If the player's Pokémon have fewer total damage counters than that, he or she removes all of them.) Razor Leaf is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A sure sign spring is on its way is when the seed on this Pokémon's back flowers."

Ivysaur (#002) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ivysaur 30/102 in Base (1999). Both list 60 HP. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Keiko Fukuyama illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Ivysaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Keiko Fukuyama. I count 19 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Southern Islands set binder is where a full Southern Islands set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ivysaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.